Selected for and earned a scholarship opportunity to study for six weeks over the summer.

Rising junior - 2 college classes at the community college, football camp, 3 days at Hugh O'Brien Leadership conference, 2 week family vacation, lots of football practice and golf/tennis/swim at country club in between times. He will also need to drive his sister to her golf and tennis lessons.

rising senior: 3 different internships (2 on the hill and one for a judge [DD wants to study law yikes!!!]); SAT subject matter tests (over in June); summer swim league (meets and practice); beginning work on essays [it will be accomplished as DD is part of a structured program) (no paid job this summer that was last summer) and will be working on ACT prep for retake first test in September. DD hopes its a productive summer.

Service project that will have him away from home for four weeks.

Earning money via lawn mowing, yard work, babysitting etc. for a few weeks.

Two week family vacation.

Summer schoolwork.

Taking a two-week organized bike trip.

Working at a local day camp.

My rising senior is working full time at a day camp. One week vacation in August. Maybe a college visit or two.

FYI 9:07, she worked on her AP summer work throughout the summer last year. Why the over-the-top snark?

Anonymous wrote:Part time job. Taking SAT IIs in June. SAT I prep for October retake. Assigned summer reading and essay for school. Assigned summer work for next year's AP courses. Starting college essays as soon as Common App is released. Not a summer I would look forward to.

Let's break this down:

1. "Part time job" -- way to earn spending money with kids his/her own age.
2. "Taking SAT IIs in June" -- done by the first weekend of June. Each test is an hour long. They are designed to measure work the kid has done in school. If the kid has prepped for an AP in the same subject area most don't re-study for the SAT II.
3. "SAT I prep for October retake" -- This is clearly being done by choice of the family. The Princeton Review course is 30 hours of classes for the course (so about 2 hours avg. a week)
4. "Assigned summer reading and essay for school" -- Yikes! Having to read a book! Everybody starts this in August, if then, when they are back for pre-season.
5. "Assigned summer work for next year's AP courses." -- Nobody starts this before mid to late August. Usually one book or assignment for each AP class. Many kids don't do it or half-ass it. (SHOCKING!!!!)
6. "Starting college essays as soon as Common App is released." Hah, that's what you think.

Anonymous wrote:Country club.

A joke, right? I hope so...

Anonymous wrote:Part time job. Taking SAT IIs in June. SAT I prep for October retake. Assigned summer reading and essay for school. Assigned summer work for next year's AP courses. Starting college essays as soon as Common App is released. Not a summer I would look forward to.

It's not work in a canning factory. If you think it's too much, drop the SAT prep or have the kid drop the part-time job if you think the academic work is too much.

Rising junior-working probably 30 hours a week-half going into savings for college spending money
One week on a service project in Kentucky
Continuing tutoring in a summer program so he can keep working with the same kid he's been with all year.
AAU basketball league
Summer work for the 4 AP classes he's taking next year.
I'd like him to do an SAT course but I think that's next summer
10 day family vacation at the beach

Part time job. Taking SAT IIs in June. SAT I prep for October retake. Assigned summer reading and essay for school. Assigned summer work for next year's AP courses. Starting college essays as soon as Common App is released. Not a summer I would look forward to.

Mine did an internship on Capitol Hill as a rising senior.

Country club.

Not a damn thing.

With so many options out there, what is your rising junior or senior doing this summer?