Colleges look for kids who are active learners, and for those who spend their free time pursuing fresh intellectual ideas in their academic area.
This summer, students should think about how to not only build on their academi or/scholarly interests, but should go above that benchmark.
Perhaps you are a student who loves research and has a specific science interest that might mean five weeks doing research in a lab, a student who is a taelnted artist who might build a great portfolio in a artist camp.
The key is not the "brand name" of the program (Harvard Summer School or Yale for instance) but rather the way the academic aspect ties into the your own scholarly niche.
Students falsely assume that attending Harvard summer school will help them get into Harvard – it won’t! In fact, these summer programs are huge money makers for top colleges who charge a premium for the name brand of attending don’t even use their own professors to teach the summer courses.
The sad and crazy part of some of these programs is that they accept almost anyone who applies which is not true for all top college level programs—
So the bottom line is this.... follow your dreams, goals, and talents, and do something this summer to enrich your life that you enjoy. You don't know what will come out of it, and in the end, the generic stuff you do might win out.
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