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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop obsessing over college admissions.  What your kid does in the summer has very little impact.  [/quote]

1000%. This is not a good look, OP. [/quote]

You don’t understand. SHE is the one driving the bus here. We would prefer she get a local job and volunteer over the summer, she wants to live somewhere else and learn/do something more novel. [/quote]

She can do both OP.

Does her school require volunteer hours? Ours had a VERY specific guideline on what they would accept and a formal approval process.  If she does have a requirement - have her talk with her school about what those are and to find something she likes that fits that - have it approved etc.

This way she can spend time volunteering (hopefully do ALL her hours this summer) and spend 2-3 weeks away in the academic program she is interested in.

But it's important on BOTH counts that she finds something SHE wants to do - something that will have meaning to her.

I would make sure she does not take academic courses to "get ahead" or for what it might look like to college admissions.  (Not saying she is doing that).  Our child liked to learn and took academic summer programs in areas to further explore their interests in ways that could not be done at their HS.  These programs helped them determine what they might want to do (and not want to do) in college. They were only 2-3 weeks so plenty of time to volunteer while home and to go on a family vacation.   [/quote]

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