What do BS kids do during the summer?

vwlizard
Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:14:56 +0000

Since BS students can’t work during the year, a summer job is a great idea. The first year, my son worked as a camp counselor at a local sports camp, and the other 3 years, he worked as a janitor for our local school department. I think as a BS kid, being able to work a “down and dirty” job gave him legitimacy when he started applying for college jobs/internships in a field that required fieldwork with rough conditions.

We’ll never know, but I think there is an assumption about boarding school kids being pampered and I think having a job (especially one like a janitor) gave a better picture of a kid that would work hard.