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Any suggestions on what I should get my child to do for the summer. They got rejected from the summer research programs they applied for.
Thinking of enrolling them in some summer college courses. Is that a good idea?
I am reminded of @GoldenRock 's detailed post on possible pitfalls with college level courses while still in high school. While it looks attractive to put on your college application that the student over achieved beyond their peer level, any bad grade(s) can potentially haunt them for a long time, especially if going traditional route, since during med school application it seems every college level course and the grade has to be listed on some common application. Some college level courses like differential equations can be very challenging for a high schooler since you are in a class with fellows above your peer level in a competitive setup and need to keep up to the expectations of the college faculty. You can search for @GoldenRock 's posts and go through them in this regard. Think s/he posted in last year’s general thread or the year prior.
Of course child did couple of college level courses while in HS (Business/economics and English) and got A-s in both and so didn’t matter, more so bcoz of being BS/MD route further. So if they are more like humanities/liberal arts kind it may be fine but be very careful in science, math etc and do due diligence like finding out course rigor, load, grading toughness etc before deciding. Also many private universities may not give credit or ask the students to take higher level course in place of it, so won’t benefit much (except may be in state schools)
You got to be careful to NOT “overwhelm” or “burn” kids and they end up hating the whole process.
I have seen kids doing sports practice for varsity team to kids doing "college level courses " and I have seen “good and didn’t matter” in all cases. It’s purely individual centric on how much a person can take with interest.
I usually recommend to sprinkle some fun activity (of their choice) along with some other (study) to keep in balance.