Summer before Junior year….

[Anonymous]

…what are some things I should be encouraging my rising junior to do?

Any resource suggestions?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Mine just got her first job (retail) and is going to be studying for the SAT. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

For high school or college?

For high school, get a job and study for placement tests. For college, get internship yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Sorry! Junior year of high school, not college.

[Anonymous]

Mine used the summer for some combination of work, SAT prep, finish driving practice to get their license, marching band camp.

And both took a 1-week pre-college program that ended up confirming their interest in their eventual college majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For high school or college?

For high school, get a job and study for placement tests. For college, get internship yesterday.

What placement tests are a rising high school junior taking?

[Anonymous]

Mine had a summer job and made a ton of money after the college kids left.

[Anonymous]

Do we do some college visits? Or is it pointless because many campuses are empty?

[Anonymous]

Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Agriculture at Virginia Tech and study for SAT/ACT

[Anonymous]

My kids (twins) got jobs. The both made almost $4K (thanks to super high minimum wage).

[Anonymous]

We started visiting colleges sophomore summer. At the very least, start to narrow down bid/small school and city/rural school. Junior year is very busy so I would get a jump on it. Will she work or volunteer this summer? Also, study for SAT or take a SAT class.

[Anonymous]

Mine did some SAT prep and went on international trips. One kid to Japan and the other to Tanzania.

[Anonymous]

SAT prep for sure!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we do some college visits? Or is it pointless because many campuses are empty?

We are doing short summer trips (like a weekend) just to see the surrounding area of the college. If they like the surrounding area, we'll schedule a college visit during the school year.

[Anonymous]

Q about SAT prep? Is the conventional wisdom still to take SAT beginning of jr. year if they've already had pre-calc? Or has that changed with digital SAT?