<p>Does anybody know what looks impressive to do the summer before senior year?
Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>I played computer games, watched TV, slept till 10, and did not do much of anything for weeks on end... </p>
<p>Try volunteering, getting a job, or starting to work on a major competition project.</p>
<p>Start a business or something. Just don't do something to stick on a resume or so you can write an essay about it. I know someone that "volunteered" at the hospital and just sat all day and wrote an essay about how much it inspired her to become a doctor and save people's lives. eh, I guess you could do that; I'd feel so fake if I did that, though.</p>
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I played computer games, watched TV, slept till 10, and did not do much of anything for weeks on end...
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I'll one-up you. I slept at like 3-4 in the morning and woke up at 2 o clock every day. All I did was play online poker every single day and workout. My schedule was basically: brush my teeth, make food, eat it, play a game, make food, eat it, play a game, go back to sleep.</p>
<p>I took a course at <a href="mailto:Summer@Brown">Summer@Brown</a>. I recommend it. It was fun.</p>
<p>I recommend the following: summer job, community college summer school class which will fulfill a college core requirement, or travel overseas if you have the money. My son worked a paid internship summer of junior year and we paid for travel abroad last summer. It was worth every penny.</p>
<p>I took college classes in what I was interested in. I really recommend it-you get used to college level work and can meet new people outside of your daily life</p>
<p>I'd recommend, like the others, a summer course at a college (if you have time) but to be honest if you ACTUALLY want to learn something, not <a href="mailto:summer@brown....it">summer@brown....it</a> was insanely fun but classes were only like 4 hours a day but it still looks good on your colllege app so haha =)
or get an internship; i worked for a month at a company in a law department, and I'm applying pre-law, so it looked relative to what I want to study AND i made money, so not bad =]</p>
<p>I've always seen people talk about internships, and I would like to do one, but I have no idea where to get one. I would like to work something with science, mainly chem. Anyone have any ideas where to get one?</p>
<p>This is the most important summer. Take a look at college apps. They want to know what you did during your summers. Work, intern, research, take courses, volunteer, go to a summer program, write a book, make a film, do something. You don't want to say "I slept late and played video games." The deadlines for next summer's programs are approaching fast. Search this board.</p>
<p>-Get a job
-Governor's School (the quality varies on your state)
-Camp (anywhere from one week to all summer based on the program/your interests)
-Community service
-Travel
-Laze around with your friends, go to the beach, eat popsicles</p>
<p>Ideally, you could combine relaxing with something meaningful (a short camp, a job, etc). You definitely need to make the most of your summer, but don't lose your summer to building a resume.</p>
<p>If you want to stay home, get a job/internship and volunteer or do research.</p>
<p>If your parents are willing to pay for camps, etc., go take college classes at X university. </p>
<p>Ultimately, do what you like doing.</p>
<p>Just look around on the websites of places nearby that interest you. A few months ago I managed to accidentlly find the website of a nearby zoo that has different volunteering internships for teens. I did a little more digging aroung the website and found that there's a bus just a few blocks from my house that can take me to it and if I do the summer program I can easily get over 300 hours of community service helping out with a summer camp there, plus I'd still be able to do online classes.</p>
<p>Just look around, it's not that hard to find things if you are willing to search a bit. My only regret is that I didn't realize all of this until my Junior year. If I had found it sooner, I could easily have over 1000 volunteer hours by now. Oh well, I still plan to get over 500 before I graduate.</p>
<p>Also, check local community colleges, some states pay the fees for you to take classes there and give you extra GPA weighting. I plan on taking the marine science class at a nearby one at nights, I'm sure you could find a Chemistry class that you may like.</p>
<p>Get a job. It'll give you 1) work experience, 2) discipline, 3) something to put on your resume, and 4 (most importantly) MONEY.</p>
<p>I went to American Legion Boys State. Other than that, I just did my over-the-summer schoolwork and not much of anything else besides my job at Kumon and my volunteer job at the hospital.</p>
<p>OR if you just want to be lazy, take a break from waking up at 5~ in the morning, have fun, etc - DON'T get a job, don't do classes, etc. Just be normal and sleep in, srsly. Go to the pool.</p>