Which of the following summer activities would be most impressive to colleges?
A. Attending Harvard summer school
B. Working part time bagging groceries at the local grocery store
C. Taking a cooking class and learning how to make pasta from scratch
D. Attending a summer program in Costa Rica
E. Going to soccer camp
It's a trick question. They're all equally impressive.
You don't need to attend an expensive program to please colleges. You don't have to do something that looks splashy on a resume. Just keep being a motivated, interesting student. Show them that you don't turn off your brain or your interests when school lets out. And here are some suggestions of just how to do that this summer.