<p>S (yet another rising junior 
) will be going to Spain for 8 weeks to work and to practice his Spanish. He has dual citizenship so had no problem with employment. He’ll start out working in a shop but might luck into something better while he’s there. The main thing is to improve his language skills and he’ll be working with people who speak no English, so I hope he comes home a lot more fluent than was when he left!</p>
<p>S (rising senior) is starting today on his third summer interning at a major international corporation 10 minutes from home. He’ll also be doing an online class from UC-Berkely’s extension U to pick up a programming language skill set not taught at his college. I always figured that this was the summer he would get an internship elsewhere and I could go visit him, but it’s nice they asked for him to come back. So he’ll also be taking out the garbage, mowing the lawn, washing the cars, emptying the dishwasher, and hopefully working on an extended cooking skill set (beyond grilled cheese). Or we could charge him rent, I suppose!</p>
<p>Son finally will be gone most of the summer. Spent summer after HS senior year, age 16, doing office work at dad’s workplace- worked nearly fulltime which was nice for his bank account but he later realized it may have been more than he should have done timewise (he didn’t know enough to take time off). After freshman year in college he did nothing- didn’t find a job and parents didn’t push based on the past summer and his age (17, he also didn’t spend much of his past earnings so was even set for this past school year’s nonparent paid expenses). Never again- we barely tolerated each other. Last summer he was given the threat? of work/summer classes locally/volunteer when other plans didn’t materialize- he got some required course work out of the way. </p>
<p>This summer he will visit relatives with us, take the GRE, then spend 8 weeks OOS for a math REU- then it will be time to go back to campus. Much easier to tolerate the attitude (mother-son relationship improving over time), messy bathroom/bedroom (behind a closed door), late hours, meals (doing a much better job of cleaning up the kitchen- thanks to apartment life)… We have learned to not depend on him for household tasks over the years, somehow he never tries to reintegrate himself into the household tasks during times he is here (can’t change habits H allowed to evolve).</p>
<p>S, rising soph, is doing funded research in his field (interactive game design) this summer, an invitation he got as a result of volunteering to work on a grad student’s project all year. It’s in Marina del Rey, so he’s living at home and even earning $$. He also started teaching himself Flash programming, by downloading an online book with a free 45-day trial and blasting through a chapter a day. His rising soph gf has been doing an internship at the Cannes Film Festival, so he’s been happily focused on work–unlike last summer. ;)</p>
<p>Lost in trans-
Does your son need a housekeeper? Sounds fantastic!</p>
<p>Jr son won’t take any classes this summer, but he’ll continue working the job he’s had the past two years. He works 30-40 hours/ week while in school … and he’ll average more like 40+ while on “break.” Summer before his freshman year he wrote some review pieces for an on-line game review site … a hobby. They asked if he’d like to get paid for writing reviews … so he started an LLC and did spec writing. He’s no longer contract but full time employee now, and he runs the site, deals with the different video game makers, hires the writing staff, etc. Luckily, it’s a job with a huge amount of flexibility, and he can work anywhere he has his laptop. Ideal job for him, actually … a real life “lab” for this economics major. I’ve just had to get used to his blackberry. :)</p>
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<p>Our daughter leaves Friday for an 8-week internship in Shanghai she got through school (and no, her Mandarin is not adequate). Right now, she’s just trying to see everyone she can before she leaves…</p>
<p>Lots of English in Shanghai, should she need it, Kathy. But I imagine you know that.</p>
<p>S2 is a vacationing junior and living a maliciously planed daily schedule of household chores until he finds a summer job. To help motivate him I’ve assembled quite an extensive and challenging list of “to do’s” that could last the entire summer. But he has recently redoubled his efforts to find outside employment. I’ll be sad to lose his labor. (hehe)</p>
<p>Mine is staying on her remote campus, one 1/4 time job , one half summer internship, we had to pay rent anyway… she is happy gathering thrift store furniture and nesting. Never lived in a house without parents (gee, you have to water the garden?) SO far she’s having a blast. Thift store stuff and eating the gleanings from the freshman dorm move-out…</p>
<p>My Jr son started his internship today at a pharmaceutical company where he will be working in a laboratory assisting in research by doing electron microscopy work and compiling data for reports, and any other work assigned by the chief scientist he reports to. 40+ hour weeks until late August when he heads back to school. Long commute from our house too but fortunately he is able to carpool with a family friend from our town. After observing a crazy sleep schedule in the two weeks since he came home from school, DS will now be getting up at 5:45AM and turning lights out at 11PM. A taste of the Real World.</p>
<p>Rising senior (and grad student wannabe… I wish!)
-Working on research (non-paid but the PI/lead author on a full-scale professional project!)
-Paid RA work
-Working on some Americorps hours
-Taking the GRE (<em>gulp</em>)
-Volunteering (relevant to my career interests)</p>
<p>As a rising sophomore, took one summer course and spent the rest of the summer doing, in hindsight, way too little.</p>
<p>As a rising junior, split my work between a summer course and a government internship (which paid barely enough for food and rent but was a great experience).</p>
<p>Rising sophomore D making as much $ as she babysitting (they don’t get 50c/hr anymore- it’s fantastic money) before she leaves to study in Israel for 6 weeks. She got scholarships to cover her cost. Then back to babysitting.</p>
<p>Rising soph D taking two classes at the local state U, and taking driving lessons, hopefully will get her license by the time she goes back to school. Rather than working this summer, she had a part-time job on campus and worked during the school year. Exactly the opposite of my advice last fall (what do moms know?) – but in hindsight, that was a pretty good move, considering the dearth of summer jobs (and high competition) for college kids around our community.</p>
<p>Rising senior is currently working for a linen service company (supplies table cothes for restaurants); it is strenuous work and he has to leave the house at 6:30 am but it is good money and he will only be doing it for a month or so. He leaves June 27th for Rio. Will takes a language course over the summer followed by fall semester abroad taking his engineering classes in Portuguese. (Has already had Portuguese so not starting from sratch.) Plans to return after Christmas. He works during the school year in a restaurant job and would like to get something in a hotel restaurant in Rio but not sure if that will be legal.</p>
<p>Rising Junior is a rush captain for his fraternity so needs to stay in Austin, he will be coaching lacrosse for the university athletic department for highschool clinics held throughout the summer. He’s excited about that! He is also taking 6 hours online to get government and english out of the way.
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<p>Rising sophomore is coming home to work on the farm. Stanford is allowing him to continue his work study job remotely. He says he plans on long bike rides out in the country.</p>
<p>Rising sophomore D is staying at her college for the first six week summer session and taking a 4 credit class (Human Anatomy + Lab). Then she is coming home and volunteering/interning at a hospital in their PT/OT department. She has to go back to school in early August to help set up for sorority recruitment. </p>
<p>Rising Senior D is currently doing summer abroad program and taking 6 credits(sponsored by her college) in France. She will return home next week and has 30 days to complete her final papers. She is going back to her college at the end of June for summer B (the second six week summer session) and taking one class for her minor and probably a Stanley Kaplan GRE prep class. Early August she is actively involved in her sorority’s pre-recruitment process.</p>
<p>I usually find some job in research over the summer. This year, it’s the same… except I will not get paid. I don’t really care though because the money I would be making is minuscule compared to the experience I would be gaining (and very possibly getting a publication).</p>
<p>S a rising junior is living on campus this summer. He is taking a summer class and is also working (paid research job). He will be moving home for 2 weeks at the end of July until he can move into his off campus apartment mid Aug.</p>