What Can I Still Do?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hi, rising senior here. I applied to two academic summer science programs (HSHSP and PAN) and got rejected at both. I kind of foresaw that so my next plan was to shadow one of my uncles who are both engineers but I can't do that now because my mom thinks it's unfair to them (give me a break). Basically I just don't know what to do because all of the academic programs' app deadlines are way past. I don't really know what else to do anymore in my area of interest (science/engineering) besides take online courses. I just want to do something that will keep me busy and look good on apps. </p>

<p>Are online courses worth it? Has anyone had any experience with them?</p>

<p>Also, any other general advice for summer activity? I have a summer job and band camp in August... that's basically it right now.</p>

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<p>Well, “shadowing” for more than a couple of days each would be an imposition on a working engineer, IMHO. So your mom is not wrong about that. It seems reasonable for a day or two, though. What about learning programming (or a new language if you already have some skills in that area)? You can teach yourself through books for the most part.</p>