Juniors, What Should You Do This Summer?
Colleges are looking for passion. If you want to stand out as a college applicant, you have to be more than a great student and athlete. You also have to show your stuff beyond your school and beyond the classroom.
Summer programs vary greatly and offer broad opportunities. All of them can help you show your passion and uniqueness. You can read more about the value of attending summer programs to increase your changes for admission to colleges at Collegebasics. Also at MyFootpath.com you can read about a variety of summer programs you can attend before your senior year in high school.
Leadership programs are a very good bet for your summer. Leadership programs can help you build skills that demonstrate your passion about different subject areas and interests. For example, you can develop positive thinking attributes for sales, teaching, or political career interests. You can hone interpersonal communication skills if you’re interested in either business or marketing careers. You can polish your strengths in general in order to make it possible to pursue your specials interests and encourage others to follow along with you. At the same time you will be able to network in leadership programs as well as explore career opportunities for your future.
One site to help you get started seeing what’s out there is kpmgcampus.com. Anther site, Academic and Pre-college Camps, shows you opportunities from military academy experiences to camps for debate and public speaking to back packing for the outdoor lover.