<p>Summer Activities (reading, relaxing, camp, travel, summer school, volunteer work, research, etc.). List your most recent summer activity first.</p>
<p>I am studying in New Zealand, and our breaks here are different to those in American education systems.</p>
<p>We have 4 breaks each year (2 weeks each), with a longer one at Xmas (6 weeks).</p>
<p>Our summer is actually during xmas and new years; everywhere is closed outside and I spend time with my family, so I don't do much activities. After new years I have around 3 weeks left to do stuff.</p>
<p>As a result, I have more activities that are meaningful during my other breaks and not my summer/xmas break.</p>
<p>Would I be able to just write the activities I did on those break in lieu of my summer/xmas ones?</p>
<p>I would explain this to MIT directly, but there is no space on the application to do so.</p>
<p>Please help. App due soon. Just this bit to get sorted before I send it off.</p>
<p>I think you should write about your other break activities and not be too bothered by the word ‘summer’ - it seems like ‘summer’ is only there because most U.S. high school students have three or so months off and are able to do a lot of activities during this time. Even though it’s not technically summer in the southern hemisphere, this would probably sufficiently answer the question.</p>
<p>I agree – that space is there for you to write about the things you do when school isn’t in session. It doesn’t need to be explicitly during your summer.</p>
<p>What everyone else said. Also, if I’m not mistaken there should still be a space at the very end of the application which basically says “Tell us anything else you think we should know,” which would be the perfect space to explain your situation.</p>