<p>Krason: there’s no magic formula for summer activities to enhance your Yale app other than to do one that goes in line with your desires and energies or even (gasp) financial need (many high schoolers MUST work to provide revenue for their families). It seems like you’ll have the choice of several options. Choose the best “fit” and make the most of it. Scooping ice cream, library volunteer, summer travel for fun & exploration, packing groceries at Walmart. Whatever. </p>
<p>Certainly, the idea to do a program with the intent to make it an essay subject – that seems backward. Memorable essays are products of the writer’s ability – mundane subject matter is made sparkling by the sparkling writer. Evocative subject matter is made dull by the mediocre writer. You can have the unquestionably most exciting summer ever – but if you’re not a thoughtful, reflective person – your essay will still be mundane.</p>
<p>I frequently point students to this advice:
<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html</a></p>