| Like Gator said I don't think anyone does research for half the summer and an internship for the other half. Maybe work at a place like MIT Lincoln Lab, though. That would be an internship that would probably be research-oriented.
Anyway, after my freshman year, I had a couple "internship" offers but they were going to be a lot of ***** work (for lack of a better term) so I turned them down; I'll be back working as a manager at the country club I've worked at for the past 3 years.
And in my free time, I'll read books on whatever interests me. You can seriously become as knowledgeable as any (insert non-quantitative subject here) major with nothing more than a library card (free). Even things like business or finance you can learn on your own pretty easily (hell, it's become standard for kids to self-study for AP Economics exams), and that's a subject where there is just tons and tons of interesting books available.
I'll also see tons of live music, party my ass off and enjoy my last "free" summer (pretty much in my entire life until I retire, which is a bit frightening when you think about it).
To those that have done REUs: How difficult was it getting accepted into one? I've heard they can get pretty competitive... |