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 50 Fantastic Summer Activities for High School Students 
 The New York Times ran an article today about the National Young Leaders Conference -- one of many organizations that offer high - priced summer programs for students , but that misleadingly market the programs as auspicious honors for which only a few outstanding students are selected . It '' s a good reminder to be suspicious of any " honor " for which you have to pay ( a lot ) to receive . 
 You don '' t have to spend money on an expensive program to impress colleges . Here are 50 fantastic summer activities you can do for free or almost free . All of these are positive , productive and interesting to potential colleges . Pick the one ( s ) you feel you could really get excited about , get going , and have fun . 
 · Take classes at your local community college . 
 · Get a part - time job at the mall . 
 · See how many books you can read this summer . 
 · Work in your family business . Consider doing so for free . 
 · Think of ten people -- teachers , coaches , family members , relatives -- who deserve your thanks . Write them a hand - written letter of at least one page expressing your appreciation and detailing how they '' ve impacted you . Tell them what you '' re going to do to make them proud and spend the summer doing it . 
 · Take saxophone lessons . 
 · Coach little league ( or basketball , or soccer ) 
 · Work at a summer camp . 
 · Volunteer at the local mobile health clinic , or the animal shelter , or the public library . 
 · Tutor kids . 
 · Start a business with your friends . 
 · Set a goal that you are 99 % certain you won '' t be able to achieve this summer . Then go all out and try to achieve it as though your life depended on it . You '' ll either get there or get much , much closer than you were at the beginning of the summer . 
 · Learn how to program Java . 
 · Read to the blind . 
 · Teach something . 
 · Learn to paint . 
 · Pick something that really interests you and see how far you can go with it . 
 · Take classes to become an emergency medical technician . 
 · Learn sign language . 
 · Pick a cause in your community that you care about . Find groups who care about it , too . Organize people . 
 · Offer to intern for free someplace where the work seems interesting , like the city councilman '' s office , or an advertising agency , or the local newspaper . 
 · Play guitar at coffee shops and see how much money you can make this summer . 
 · Learn CPR . 
 · Cook dinner for your family once a week . Each time , learn a new dish that you prepare . Write your recipes down and make your own family cookbook . 
 · Volunteer to lead tours of local state parks . 
 · Buy a college guidebook and learn as much as you can about 20 colleges you know nothing about today . 
 · Raise money for someone or something who needs it . 
 · Learn something that is pure fun , like bongos or hip hop dance or how to make your own purses ( check out your local community colleges '' " community education " programs ) . 
 · Pick something you love and figure out how to use to make contributions to others , like playing piano in a jazz band , teaching residents at a retirement home how to use a computer , or helping run the lights for a play at the community theater . 
 · Work full time and give all the money to a charity of your choice at the end of the summer . 
 · Pick a subject that fascinates you and challenge yourself to learn as much as possible about it . 
 · Learn karate . 
 · Teach karate . 
 · Join a book club . 
 · Organize a book club . 
 · Go to your school principal and ask what you could do , for free , to improve the school . You could paint a classroom , clean lockers , or refurbish the lunch benches . Better yet , enlist five friends to do it with you . Don '' t just tell colleges you want to make an impact . Make one . 
 · Set a goal to learn as many new things as possible this summer -- facts , skills , concepts , etc . Write a blog detailing what you '' ve learned so you can share it with cyberspace . 
 · Build an Iphone app . 
 · Master one subject or skill you currently don '' t know anything about . 
 · Hold informal soccer conditioning workouts , or barbeques for the new student council members so you can get to know each other better , or meetings at Starbucks with your co - editors to brainstorm story ideas for the paper this fall . Show colleges you can organize people and lead them . 
 · Have a neighborhood bake sale for the French Club in which all sales are conducted in French . 
 · Get a group of kids from the school play together and enroll in an improv class . 
 · Pick a classic author and read all of his or her works . Find out what all the fuss is about Twain or Hemmingway or Plath or Dickinson . 
 · Take the hardest college class you can find and enroll in it " not - for - credit " so you can challenge yourself with impunity . 
 · Visit as many colleges as you can in a 30 mile radius of your house . Take your friends with you . Write your own reviews of each school and share them with people . 
 · Learn to cut and style hair . You '' ll be a savior during prom season . 
 · Vow not to watch any TV this summer . Not one single second . Pick something cool and fun and productive to do instead . 
 · Find a class offered at a local college that looks fascinating . Email the professor and ask if you can sit in on a session or two just to experience what the class is like . 
 · Train to run a 10 k , or a half - marathon , or a marathon , or to do a triathlon . And get your friends to join and train with you . Consider raising money with your efforts and donating to a worthy cause . 
 · Pick the five most enticing things on this list and do them . At the end of the summer , email me at kevinm ( at ) collegewise . com and tell me about your experiences . I '' d love to hear from you , and if you give me permission , I '' ll share your story here on our blog . 
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