What to do Summer 2011

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I'm a junior this year and without further delay I'm trying to figure out what i should do next summer. Can anyone help me decide what would be best?</p>

<p>Option 1:
Work as a cashier for around 40hrs/week.</p>

<p>Option 2:
Intern at a hospital for around 15hrs/week
I'm doing this during this school year.</p>

<p>Option 3:
Take 1-3 college classes at my local state university.
Most likely Statistics and Probability, Anatomy and Physiology, or Epidemiology.</p>

<p>Option 4:
Go visit family in the homeland.
This is what I've done for the past 16 summers of my life and it is likely what my parents are doing this summer.</p>

<p>I don't want to sound like a student who does things solely for college, but in a time of competitive admissions, what would look best to the holy adcoms?</p>

<p>Really all of these sound like viable options to me. Also, if possible, how could i combine these activities into the summer?</p>

2

<p>Maybe you can combine some of these things. Like you can go to your homeland and when you’re there you can volunteer/intern/get a job. Or if you aren’t going for the whole summer you can take one class and then go to your homeland.</p>

3

<p>Hibernation anyone?</p>

4

<p>I would combine options 2 and 3 and do that.</p>

5

<p>Do what you’d genuinely enjoy. Whatever you do, do NOT do it solely to impress adcoms. Trust me, you won’t be the only kid who took college classes/interned over the summer.</p>

6

<p>^ I agree. Just do what you enjoy, and if you looked back to your summer of '11, something you would be able to smile at.</p>

7

<p>I’d scratch Opt. 1 unless you need the cash, Opt. 2 doesn’t sound too good since you’re already doing it and Opt. 4 is something you’ve done quite a bit. I’d go Opt. 3 and enjoy the rest of summer.</p>