How should I spend this upcoming summer? (Junior)

skatj
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:34:14 +0000

I’ve done some research on possible summer programs and picked two possible choices.

I can spend the summer at UC San Diego and take a 3-week course in robotics (which is my passion, my ECs are revolved around robotics/computers/technology and my essay will also be about it). UC San Diego is also my top choice school so I’m very interested in this option.


The only problem is that this program isn’t very selective at all (would it hold any weight on an application?), and costs 3,000$.

I can attend summer school in Hawaii and take Trig/Chem, earn some volunteer hours, and possibly take an SAT prep class.


The cost is not a problem for me except, would the UC admissions officers interpret this as an interest in attending their school (as well as a demonstrated interest in 1 area), would it even matter to them? Either way I am greatly interested in taking that summer program, but this would help me decide.