<p>What sort of things do they expect applicants to do during the summer? I did a couple of things last summer, but two summers ago, I didn't do anything productive.... would that hurt a lot?</p>
<p>it depends. of course, if the rest of your application is very strong, it might not make that much of a dent. should give some details about what you did in your post though, so people could give you a better answer.</p>