@SallyStephens It is awesome, except for the rich/snobby attitude some people have over here.
I am also looking for an internship or research opportunity at Stanford. Pretty big, huh? A lot of students from my school go to Stanford for research internships and whatnot.
I’m not doing any special summer programs this summer though I do have plans:
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[]Help at my mother’s elderly care business (I’ll even get paid for it!)
[]Study for AMC 12 in the hopes that I’ll one day make AIME
[]Write stories?
[]Learn more programming
[]Learn musical instrument (for fun, I’ve always wanted to be able to play one)
[]Study for SAT, ACT
[]Take online courses (for fun and to get a background in Biology before AP Bio)
[]Summer homework, of course
[]Gardening
[]Help take care of siblings
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My summer is basically filled with summer camps
Applying to UCSD COSMOS, UM MMSS, UPenn SAAST, Carleton College Summer Academic Institute, and a bunch of others. Hopefully I can get into at least one.
And hopefully my TSA TEAMS team will make nationals. Add that with a mandatory summer “living skills” course.
Hopefully I can get that Stanford Research internship opportunity during the school year or next summer.
My team probably got crushed at the bowling tournament. Granted, we’re mostly first time bowlers, but we still probably got crushed.
I either want to take a class or two at a local university or take classes on CTYonline. I’m also hoping to volunteer as a candy striper and do driver’s ed. I thought about doing a summer camp, but I don’t have time to leave home for a month! And of course I’m going to be dancing a lot and doing a bunch of conditioning.
I am also really interested in starting rock climbing. I want to take lessons at a really good place around where I live. Bouldering really interests me. Do any of you guys know anything about rock climbing?
Oh yeah, I also have to learn to drive since they’re not going to have buses from where I live anymore next year. I turn 16 in September and once I do I’ll have to drive me and my sister to school. It’s illegal to drive people who aren’t adults for a certain amount of time (I believe 9 months) after getting the license but my parents are gonna make me do it anyways. I’m not excited.
Over the summer, I’m probably applying to COSMOS (either UC Davis or UC Santa Cruz; I’m leaning towards the latter) and this internship at Stanford; I might apply to some other programs (like research internships at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz) as well. Stanford’s my first priority because it’s free, though. Worst-case scenario, I’ll volunteer at a science museum and take two CC classes (I took one last year), and volunteer a bit at my mom’s workplace. I also want to write a lot more this summer, but it’s probably not going to happen. I tend to abandon my projects after a chapter or two.
@dsi411 I think you can drive siblings with written permission? I dunno, that’s how my cousin did it when she started driving. According to the DMV, there are exceptions to the restrictions when there is “Necessity of family member including yourself, when adequate transportation facilities are unavailable and you need personal transportation or to transport a family member. You must carry a signed statement by a parent/legal guardian verifying the reason you must drive and the probable date the necessity will end.”
I need to get my permit and learn to drive this summer as well. I’m not taking driver’s ed though lol it’s not required and my parents can teach me all I need to know. I’ve chosen my dad over my mom as my person to help me drive. My mom would freak out too much. You know how moms can be 
@topaz1116 Wow, I didn’t know that. I don’t really want to drive at all, but it’ll make me feel better when I’m driving if I know I’m not doing something illegal.
I’m probably going to stay at home this summer and work on some personal things I want to accomplish. Hopefully my sports club lets me be an assistant swim coach this summer! I’m probably going to learn how to drive too.
I need to get my permit and learn to drive this summer as well. I’m not taking driver’s ed though lol it’s not required and my parents can teach me all I need to know. I’ve chosen my dad over my mom as my person to help me drive. My mom would freak out too much. You know how moms can be
I start driver’s ed in February. It’s required here. -_-
I took driver’s ed (behind the wheel part) in June or July. It was NOT fun. My teacher overused her brake and instilled zero confidence in me. I’ve vastly improved since then, but my mom still freaks out when I drive and no one really trusts me completely.
Driving, for me, was a lot harder than it looks.
I’ll be able to hopefully get my license in July and then drive to school (and work hopefully) junior year. You guys have different regulations compared to my state.
Once we turn 14 and a half, we can take the class part after school or during summer for a total of 30 hours (3 hours each day after school for 2 weeks) Then, eventually, you get called for the behind the wheel training, a total of 6 hours (12 including your partner’s). Then you can get your permit after completing the signs and written test (I almost flunked LOL). A year later, after completing 60 hours of driving practice with parents (10 during the night), you take the roads test and get your level 2 license. Six months later, you can qualify for your level 3 license so that you can drive between 9pm-5am and also drive more than one friend around. You can always drive your siblings even with level 2 license.
I’ll get my permit during the summer as well; I turn 15 1/2 in May, so it’s already pretty close to the end of the school year. I probably won’t have much time to practice driving, though.
@MissSuzyQ in California, you’re not allowed to get behind the wheel until you get your permit, which you can get once you turn 15 1/2. After six months of driving practice (including a certain amount of time behind the wheel, I believe?) you can take the test, and you’re granted a provisional license, which means you can only drive from 5 am to 11 pm and you can’t drive anyone under the age of 20 around without someone over the age of 25 with a license. You have to wait either a year or until you’re 18 (whichever one comes first) for you to get a regular license.
Does anyone know where Journalist go before The Ivy’s since they do not have a undergraduate program.
@topaz1116 @MissSuzyQ Where I live, you can get a temporary license at 15 and a half, then have 50 hours driving with a parent (10 hours night driving), and a certain number (I think 24?) of hours from driving instruction (8 hours behind the wheel) before you can get a probationary drivers license at 16 ears old (and half a year with a temporary license. You have to take written and vision tests before you can get you temporary. When you get your probationary license, there are restrictions on driving times (cannot drive between midnight and 6 a.m.) and passenger count (it’s complicated).
@dogJournalism There is a list on its website.
Anyone doing the summer program at any of the Ivy’s?
I got my permit 8 months ago, last May 2014. I have barely practiced driving though (I don’t take Driver’s Ed until 4th quarter so I can’t obtain my license until then). I’ll probably take lessons during spring break to stack up on hours, and after Driver’s Ed I’ll take Behind the Wheel.
If I transfer schools next year, I have to drive since there won’t be a bus to pick me up. If I stay at my same school, I’ll probably drive anyway so I can sleep in (I have to wake earlier to catch the bus).
As for the summer, I’m planning to apply for the Iowa and UVA writing programs, but I’m not sure if I’ll get in. There’s a lot of other nice college programs, but alas I am poor and a lot of them have expensive tuitions. X(
Most Ivy summer programs in math and science seem to be overpriced and not really worth it, so I’m not going to bother.
After my junior year, I kind of want to look into Princeton’s summer journalism program. Not sure if I qualify, but it’s worth a shot. Some of my school’s newspaper staff and I might attend a summer program at UNC. I don’t have all the information yet.