<p>Hello, I'm writing this post to ask what I can do to be productive this summer since school ends at the 6 of June. </p>
<p>I would like to ask how I would prepare myself for the ACT/SAT Exams on October - December.
I would like to get a high score - Perfect Score on these exams. How can I achieve this goal what tips would you recommend me to do this summer to get ready for these exams on my junior year. </p>
<p>Note: I need tips to mostly improve on my critical reading/English and writing components because to be honest with you I not so good with these subjects. </p>
<p>The second is what is an internship I keep hearing about this can someone explain this to me it sounds like it is important for college.</p>
<p>Also, does having a job and service hours looks appeasing for colleges on this summer with online courses like Law studies and maybe 2 AP classes like AP Government. </p>
<p>Moreover, include anything else that is important to do in this summer that will go towards college. </p>
<p>Thank you for reading this and the responses.</p>
<p>This is the down-time for college confidential since the application results are all out already for 2013 so responses are slower.</p>
<p>For ACT/SAT it’s really just practicing. Get some of those practice books and do the tests in them and look for all the little strategies to answer questions. Practice practice practice! This includes practicing writing for the essay portion.</p>
<p>Jobs and volunteering look good. If you have a job then I think an internship is pretty useless unless it’s interning at somewhere good.</p>
<p>Just don’t sit around or hang with friends all day over the summer and you should be fine.</p>
<p>For the SAT/ACT, get a book and do practice tests. That’s really the only way to study for these exams. Just practice as much as you can and then after a while you’ll be able to identify which particular sections you have trouble on. Then you can focus on questions in those sections to improve your score.
An internship is sort of like a job…basically you work as an intern, which means you help out employees with whatever they need (usually, for high schoolers, that means getting their coffee. I think a job is more worthwhile).
Volunteer work or a summer job are two great things to do. That’s what I did in most of my summers!</p>
<p>I would also suggest that you learn to plan a bit further ahead. You will likely have a hard time finding a job at this point and I would imagine that finding an internship would be impossible. Next year, you should start looking for these opportunities in February or March.</p>
<p>Figure out what you like to read. Then look to see if there are annotated works about that book, or genre, or look to see if there is some literary criticism of that sort of book. For instance, type the word annotated into the book search field of your favorite online bookseller to see what sort of annotated works are available. I happen to like the Annotated Alice, but there are many more. Or check this site
[Literary</a> Criticism on the Internet](<a href=“http://www.literaryhistory.com/]Literary”>http://www.literaryhistory.com/) for literary criticism suggestions. Both of these sorts of books are available at the library, and both can help you to become a more careful, critical reader. Sometimes the more challenging works are hard to fully understand. These sorts of books make them more accessible. Good luck!</p>