Summer classes - Should I bother?

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<p>I tried to get an internship over the summer but was unable to. I've not done any research in the past and it's not realistic for me to at this point try to find a professor I can do research with (and I have no interest in graduate school). I could try to get a part-time unskilled job for minimum wage or something but I really don't need the money (the few grand I'd make wouldn't really do much for me) and nothing I could get at this point would provide much useful work experience for me.</p>

<p>So this leaves me with the options:</p>

<p>-Try and learn some useful skill on my own, which in honesty I probably won't really do. I need the pressure of grades and a class to push me along, otherwise I just screw around. </p>

<p>-Try to get that some job, even if I don't need the money and won't likely get any useful experience out of it. This will atleast let me seem like I didn't screw around for a summer in interviews for internships next summer, but nothing else much will come from it.</p>

<p>-Take classes at my university. I commute to the university so I won't have to pay additional rent or anything. However, the only classes I could take won't really count for any major or minor I currently have planned. Though there are some interesting classes that I'd like to take and otherwise wouldn't be able to (and graduate in 4 years), and I could get potentially add another minor. However I don't think adding the minor will make me any more employable and it's a lot to pay. The cost if I take something like 16 credits will be like 8.3K though, which is a lot. And I don't think it sounds good in an interview to say I took classes my sophomore summer, though it's probably better than neither working or taking classes.</p>

<p>I was leaning toward the first, but now I'm thinking about the third. I'm just looking for some input. My parents are currently paying for school and they can pay the 8.3K, but I don't know how long they'll be able to support me. </p>

<p>Just looking for input. I register for classes tomorrow for the summer and fall so I'd like advise before then, but I won't have to pay for a few weeks.</p>

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<p>I would go for the summer classes. You already said some looked interesting and could count for a minor, so why not?<br>
Beats sitting on the couch watching Jersey Shore all summer.</p>

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<p>I’m taking a class over the summer, holding a 25 hour/week job, and learning calculus on my own all at the same time. To be honest, I’m looking forward to the summer as it will be really relaxing. You should try and put as much on your plate as you can, but if you absolutely had to choose one or the other, I agree with princess, take the class.</p>

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<p>^Why not just take a Calc class?</p>