<p>I’m going to be a senior next year and I really need to some help planning out what do over the summer. I am looking for advice on what would be best from both a personal experience point of view and admissions point of view. </p>
<p>Right now, I see myself going into business down the road, and am looking to apply to the ivy-level schools. </p>
<p>I have three options:</p>
<p>All three would include an internship at a financial firm (so I’m definetly going to do that)</p>
<li><p>My first option is do my internship and also take an economics course at a top college. (I have a couple options) Also I will try to fit a part-time job in there somewhere.</p></li>
<li><p>My second option is to do my internship and instead do an independent research project and enter in a competition like Siemens or Intel. I have some very good ideas, and I feel that if I dedicate myself to a project I would reach the semi-finalist round.</p></li>
<li><p>I do my internship and take up some business project (like opening a business). The problem with this is that I wouldn’t really have much time to develop the business by the time of college apps and I feel it would seem like much more of a gimmick. I would very much like do some project with business or economics or something related, but I honestly cannot think of any other thing I could do besides starting my own business. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!</p></li>
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<p>Now, I feel that option 2 is probably the best from an admissions standpoint. But the only thing is that I don’t plan to apply or major in science or engineering. (i do want to study it at some level in college, but not make it the focus of my career) I am concerned that it would leave my app very disjointed and seem like I am trying to get accepted and study one thing, while my extracurricular and summer activities support another. I would love to do something with business or economics to get recognized, but I don’t know any possibilities. </p>
<p>So again, any advice is greatly appreciated. This is my last summer and my last chance to really add something important in my application and besides that, really delve and study something I am interested in. I am interested in sciences but I am not sure if I should try and pursue that this summer if my ultimate goal is business.</p>