What productive things will you do in the summer?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Wow! You guys have so many great things planned! Im doing a lot of travelling but thats it!

  • end of may till end of june = Travel to middle east to finally meet my dads family
  • beginning of july= go to lithuania for a wk to see a friend
  • second week of july= go to england to see other friends
  • end of july= best friends are comin here
  • begining of august= go to paris with friends
  • mid august= leave for college in california</p>

<p>Well besides that i have a kind of bucket list for myself of things i need to know how to do before college like:

  • how to balance a checking account
  • learn farsi (i read and write but dnt speak)
  • understand the stock market
  • learn geography of europe completely
  • understand the swiss government
    Etcccc</p>

<p>Ahh i cnt wait for summer!!!</p>

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<p>Predictions:
-Grow another 2-3 inches taller(Hopefully)
-Bench more than 120
-Read as many books from 101 great books as possible
-Chill with my friends
-Play Soccer
-Play online poker for real money! Might get lucky and win some money to cover a bit of the college fees
-Preach my experiences to the seniors-to-be
-Go camping</p>

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<p>^I second your first prediction, though I’m not sure about the second. I can bench 44 pounds about 10 times comfortably, lol - from then on, it’s a struggle. I really need to work out more.</p>

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<p>-Volunteer
-Work
-Study for SAT II
-Read & watch as many movies as possible</p>

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<p>-Work
-Volunteer
-study for Oct SAT
-Tan
-Movies
-TV shows (I have a looot to catch up on)
-Shopping
-COLLLEGE APPS
-Sleeping
-Running/Exercising
-Reading</p>

<p>I’m quite excited.</p>

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<p>-XC training
-Writing
-Internship?
-Job?
-Tennis
-Crew?
-Reading
-Summer homework (probably 3 books for English, 1 book for APUSH, AP Bio homework (I’ve heard its reading/notes on a 1/4 of the textbook), AP Stats problems, Pre-calc problems; its kind of ridiculous)
-Visiting colleges?
-Volunteering</p>

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<p>-Go To Costa Rica for some fun :smiley:
-Volunteer at the hospital
-Hopefully get a paid internship with this government based job that i have connections.
-Work Out
-Go to an engineering summer program
-COLLEGE Applications!
-hang out with awesome friends
-summer homework
-and read, read, read, read, to catch up on many months away from my beloved books!</p>

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<p>**-**Finally get a good foothold in my novel. Junior year has kicked my butt with time consumption. I’m hoping to have 50,000+ words done by the start of senior year.
**-**Do whatever summer work I get assigned.
**-**Possibly get a part time job, but jobs are scarce, so I’m not too hopeful.
**-**Do my college application(s) for whichever ones I choose to apply to EA. Probably two.
**-**Start a workout program. I’ve been meaning to for years…
**-**Learn to play the piano. I have one and have yet to properly learn how to play it.</p>

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<p>I’m trying to find something productive that I can do through a good part of the summer.</p>

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<p>Debate/forensics practice
College classes
Some form of volunteer work that I have yet to choose
Hopefully find a job</p>

<p>And since i’ll actually have a car, I plan to get a gym membership and go as much as possible.</p>

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<p>Work out
Play soccer
Volunteer
Work</p>

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<ul>
<li>Start my Science Olympiad and club and do some preparation work, get things rolling</li>
<li>Do summer work (AP Chem, AP English, etc.)</li>
<li>Might take a summer course, either environmental or spanish</li>
<li>Get in shape</li>
<li>Get a job</li>
<li>Relax and hang with friends</li>
</ul>