<p>My goal is to become proficient in French (my whole family speaks French because we are from Montmagny, Quebec, so it's kind of embarrassing that I can't). I'd like other ideas those on how to improve myself intellectually, such as book suggestions.</p>
<p>What are your goals for the summer?</p>
<p>I have a pile of twelve books to read, plus 4 from English. I’m in the middle of about half of them as well :)</p>
<p>I’d like to improve my Russian significantly.</p>
<p>Learn some more abstract algebra and brush up on my calculus abilities.</p>
<p>UKgirl23 - What books are you reading?</p>
<p>take 2 AP classes, review precalc and calc for Calc AB and BC next year, APUSH summer assignment and most importantly, sleep</p>
<p>Learn to spell intellectual, lol.</p>
<p>I’m going into college. I want to teach myself some basic Arabic before I try to take it in college. I’ve picked up some basic spoken Arabic, but the calligraphy is an absolute mystery to me. Also I want to improve my piano playing. </p>
<p>I also have a summer reading book. It’s about urban farming, I guess it sounds interesting? And of course I’m going to continue reading for fun.</p>
<p>Taking 3 classes at CC, going to read 10 books including The Communist Manifesto, learn photography by taking classes and practicing, hopefully get a Spanish tutor and really dedicate this summer to getting As in Spanish 3… MAYBE take the AP Spanish exam.</p>
<p>Read a bunch of books, watch some movies that I keep meaning to watch, watch BBC’s Sherlock and Doctor Who… lots of pop culture to catch up on.</p>
<p>And learn to speak and write in French and German, review calc for the placement test I have to take within a month and a bit, and go have tons of fun before college.</p>
<p>The Iliad, Regeneration, some Dawkins, loads of WW1 books, Down and Out in Paris and London, Dr Zhivago, Atonement and some others.
For English Macbeth, Of Mice and Men and Great Expectations</p>
<p>Finish AP Human and Geometry H, AP Euro summer work, and try to improve my Spanish.</p>
<p>Taking a cc class and ssp.</p>
<p>Do summer work for AP Bio, AP Stats, and AP Eng.
Become conversational in Japanese.
Memorize a map of Tokyo and study abroad in Tokyo for a month.
Read and write some everyday.</p>
<p>and if there’s time, I want to create a memory palace and be able to lucid dream.</p>
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DO IT. My favorite show ever. It’s so clever, so very clever.
You’ll love it.</p>
<p>I plan on studying lots of vocabulary for Spanish and practicing my reading skills a lot. Also I have some books I plan to read (Heart of Darkness, 100 Years of Solitude, The God of Small Things) and I’m self-studying organic chemistry.</p>
<p>I’m doing as much volunteer work as I can, beginning my self-study of AP Computer Science (got a trusty Barron’s Book, and I found a thread with some useful links, including a textbook) as I can’t take the class next year because of insufficient enrollment, and going to learn as much spanish as I can.</p>
<p>My main goal over the summer is to get as strong as possible for football.</p>
<p>I’m interning at a vet’s office and I have a massive stack of books to read. I’m so excited to finally have time to sit down every day and just read. Four days of school left!</p>
<p>Read a lot more, hopefully starting The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Also probably gonna start self teaching the last parts of BC going into multivariable calc. Maybe some Physics C stuff from MIT OCW. These are my classes next year, but I found that actually being able to take a derivative by the time I was in Calc AB really helped me.
And the only reason I really want to get into multivariable stuff is that I can start looking at the ECE classes on MIT.</p>
<p>Haha I just realize I had a typo in the title and misspelled intellectual…guess someone’s not so intelligent :D</p>
<p>@FastNeutrino - Are you taking multivariable calc at your school? I’m taking it in the fall at my local community college, but I’m not quite sure how difficult it will be.</p>
<p>Probably review some stuff…read…my mom put me in a few summer camps…SLEEP!!!</p>
<p>Working. Gotta save up whatever $$$ I can for college. </p>
<p>Do more reading as usual, not sure what to read yet. My copy of The Tiger’s Wife is tormenting me, but i’ve been reading other books. </p>
<p>Write a new college essay. </p>
<p>And maybe take an online class? I guess that’s the hip thing to do. Never even heard of it before joining CC.</p>