<p>get an internship or job! it'll be so helpful when it comes time to apply for internships next summer. i'll interning at a newspaper this summer which to me will be just as fun as roadtrips</p>
<p>i'm getting paid to work in this ridiculously awesome lab doing research, babysitting, and getting a retail job for the weekends. i am so so so so excited.</p>
<p>I plan on reading some books (I'm so excited to be able to read unrequired books). Shopping. Baking. Picking fruit.</p>
<p>I'd get a job to pay for some of the expenses associated with college life (doesn't mean tuition, etc.)</p>
<p>im taking some classes in mexico for a couple of weeks, then spending another couple of weeks shopping and going to all the wonderful beaches!</p>
<p>when i get back i plan on just relaxing and hanging out with friends. seriously its the last summer of your childhood</p>
<p>gen eds at a cc but also have fun!</p>
<p>I plan to take CC course and get Pre-req's out of the way and maybe an internship or volunteer work.. Of course hanging out with high school friends who will be leaving you for thousands of miles away =T heh, thats my two cents</p>
<p>i'm going to work, so i can have some spending money, and do some traveling (hopefully in Europe).</p>
<p>Work full time and enjoy the last time you'll be a fully contributing member to society for the next four years.</p>
<p>Learn to type for real.</p>
<p>No, I'm serious.</p>
<p>study. I mean what could be more fun?</p>
<p>My list of random things you should do before entering college:</p>
<p>1) Learn the Greek alphabet. You'll need it in some context.
2) Buy a computer and learn how to use it
3) Practice writing/taking notes without looking down
4) Read a book or two for pleasure - you'll be so busy reading assignments in the fall that you might not read anything else anytime soon
5) Play a pickup sport with your HS friends so you're already hooked on it when college comes around</p>
<p>I'm spending the month of July in Europe with all of my best friends. Rome, Florence, Venice, London, Amsterdam!</p>
<p>It'll be our last fun adventure before we part ways.</p>
<p>How about visiting all the colleges that you got accepted to in the form of a road trip or a vacation??</p>
<p>Oh, I agree with mattwonder. Buy a good frisbee and get really good at throwing and catching it. :-)</p>
<p>I intend to spend the next few months clubbing with the guys haha. Won't be seeing them for an entire year after I leave. :(</p>
<p>All of these are great ideas. I would also recommend that you realize that you, your families, and your friends are about to go through what is one of the largest and most challenging life changes possible (with the obvious exceptions of some god-forbids, and maybe the birth of a child!). Give yourselves some time to reflect on that, and give yourselves a break! You will feel stress, anxiety, excitement, nervousness, "can't-wait-ness," fear, and a lot of other things. There are some good books to help both you and your families ("The Naked Roommate" for students and "Letting Go" for adults are two that come to mind). All of what you will be feeling will be real, valid, and important things. You might explode from time to time, and your families might feel estranged. It is normal. You will never be the same again, and that can be scary. But it is also wonderful and the first time back home will be full of new things. You will be fine. Transitions can be difficult. But they are also very amazing.</p>
<p>It must be nice to have all this extra money lying around so you can shop for weeks on end or go to Europe. I'm working full time for my orthodontist as his clinic assistant (it pays really well), I might get a weekend job - but I don't want to waitress, probably learn how to use the public bus system (ew) with ease because the schools I want to go to won't let freshmen have cars. Oh and I might go to the beach...</p>
<p>I already go to the beach... three times a week! My job is to test the water for ecoli at beaches around the county.. I get to drive around by myself, walk on the beaches, and I only got rained out once last year! Its the pimpzor job! w00t!</p>
<p>Unless there are extenuating circumstances where the student needs some prerequisites or the college requires them to enroll early to be admitted, I do not recommend taking courses before freshman year.</p>
<p>Honestly, the student has done plenty of work the last four years in high school and is preparing for four more years of the same. Take a part-time job with minimal work and just hang out with high school friends, party it up, etc.</p>
<p>If possible, maybe take a part-time job in something business-related (make sure it's still part-time though), as this might give the student a head start on some of their peers when the internship search begins a couple of years later.</p>
<p>All in all, the summer before college and quite arguably the summer after fresman year should be focused on fun.</p>