<p>I'm a freshman in high school and I'm not sure how to make use of my summer. Any suggestions (internships, summer jobs, summer school, volunteering, etc.)? I'm interested in business, art, journalism, but nothing is particularly set in stone at this point ... My goal is to get into the Brown/RISD double major program. Anyone that pursued these career paths before - what do you suggest would be helpful?</p>
<p>im also a freshman looking for things to do in the summer but im more of a science/math person. i dont know anything either but if u took PSATs or SATs or ACT, it could be helpful to put those up because a lot of programs are merit based</p>
<p>hmm … i took the SAT back in seventh grade for cty and im pretty much qualified through high school, but my parents don’t really like their summer programs …</p>
<p>^ yea i qualled in 8th, i think im going to go this summer. Even tho the courses arent great, the qualifications are higher than SIG</p>
<p>Summer after freshman year I went to Summer@Brown for three weeks and took the “So You Think You Want to Be a Doctor” mini-course. Is it the most prestigious program in the world? No, but it’s one of the only ones open to rising sophomores. It was a great add to my resume in applying for other summer programs later on. Even still, there were only 3 rising sophomores in my class of 70. </p>
<p>Summer@Brown was literally one of the best experiences of my life. My class got to see a cadaver, hear lectures from different doctors, and job shadow doctors at local hospital. But it wasn’t all work. Summer@Brown is also one of the most lenient programs in terms of independence. I was able to go hang out in Providence, see a movie, etc without adult supervision, which was a pretty big deal. Some of my friends took a bus to Boston for the day.
Also, there was incredibly diverse group of people attending, but all were incredibly interesting and intelligent. Of my group of 6 friends, 1 goes to Stanford, 1 goes to Columbia, 1 goes to Tulane, 1 goes to mcphs, and my friend and I go to Yale. Oddly, none of us got into brown, lol. But I still highly recommend it.</p>
<p>PROMYS, HCSSiM, Canada/USA Mathcamp, Ross. still open, rolling basis so apply soon. they’re all math though.</p>
<p>Personally, I chilled for the 3 months between 9th and 10th grade and started a book blog for fun (that’s still going and recently topped 1000 subscribers; if you want to do that, since it kind of has to do with journalism, I love working with the publishers [Random House, HarperCollins, etc.] and authors), but I suppose that goes against the trend…</p>
<p>If you want to try journalism, you can see if it’s possible to contribute to some articles in the local newspaper over the summer. If you’re interested in community service by any chance and have the means, I would really recommend doing a community service project abroad. I did a tutoring program in an extremely rural China province last year, and it was - to sound cliche - eye-opening. It really sparked my interest in community service and I’ve done much, much more this year as a result of that one trip. Though, for the most part, it was local (and the deadline was today). I can’t really name a specific program that sounds like something you would enjoy, is open to freshman, and still accepting applications, but you could always ask the teachers or counselors at your school if they know of any specific volunteering opportunities in art, journalism, or business. Who knows, you may be surprised by what they suggest.</p>
<p>Hi, papercutz,
Not sure if you can see this post. You mentioned that “I did a tutoring program in an extremely rural China province last year”, I am just wondering where to find this kind of program. Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>If you’re looking to have some fun traveling a group of my friends always do this in the summer, we get great discounts and whatnot, if you wanna find out more email me… gehrmanrj (at yahoo) .com</p>
<p>Oxbridge programs are alright</p>
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