<p>I've basically been really swamped as it's been spring of junior year, and my family was going to be busy this summer so I ignored all the emails I got about summer programs (I know that was a bad idea) but those plans were suddenly cancelled and now I'm racing to try and get something set up for the summer. What should I do???</p>
<p>Just for some kind of frame: Ivies are my reaches and the tier below the Ivies is where I'm at. I'm interested in political science, international relations, history, law, and languages. I hate science and math.</p>
<p>My tentative ideas:</p>
<p>-I'll probably be a volunteer paralegal for my cousin.</p>
<p>-I hosted a French girl last summer, so the plan is that I'll visit her for 2 weeks and she'll visit me for 2 weeks, probably while my family's on vacation.</p>
<p>-I could try to go to the still open summer program at BU for a couple weeks and take journalism and law.
Problems:
1. BU's not that great and I could've gotten into some really great programs, had I applied to them earlier.
2. It's like $3260, and I've read that colleges don't like people who pay a lot to go to these??</p>
<p>-I could try to go to Girl's State (Question: how helpful would this actually be? Are they actually good programs? I live in Illinois.)</p>
<p>-Volunteering somewhere?</p>
<p>-Taking French classes somewhere? I can't take French next year because of schedule conflicts, but I do take Italian as well and language is a focus of mine.</p>
<p>I didn't much at all freshman year summer or sophomore year summer- how bad is that?</p>
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<li>Don’t freak out. This isn’t meant to be funny, either.</li>
<li>If you don’t do any summer programs, that’s perfectly fine.</li>
<li>Don’t aim for Ivies–do what you can and then apply anyway–even if you’re not at that level in your opinion.</li>
<li>Volunteering, getting a job, etc. are all great ways to spend your summer.</li>
<li>Yeah, ew, paid programs are meh. Of course, you’ll learn something (IDK if BU gives college credit? That would make it more worth the money.) and it’ll be a good experience, but don’t spend the money just because you’re desperate.</li>
<li>Take classes at a local community college (French? J’aime fran</li>
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<p>Thanks everyone for responding, it made me feel a bit better about not doing a summer thing. Most things still open, even what was open when I posted, are things anyone can get into if they pay for it; this both doesn’t appeal to colleges and would probably bore me because the classes would be less advanced. I’m talking to my cousin tomorrow more about that, bought some French books, talked more about scheduling with my exchange student, I’m applying for a job with a local newspaper, and I’m looking more into volunteering, so it’s looking good, even if I’m not doing a summer thing.</p>
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