Is it bad to not have any summer programs/activities the summer before junior year?
I applied to SAMS (at Carnegie Mellon) and only had time to scrap together an application for one local internship in my area but got rejected from both. Recently I've been attending a 5 credit class (9 weeks long) at the University of Washington for a week, but the commute has been so tiring (around 4-5 hours, roundtrip) that I'm thinking of dropping the class. Is it bad to not have a summer activity before junior year? If I do decide to drop the class, I'll spend the rest of my summer doing driver's ed, SAT prep, summer homework (for 6 IB classes next year), creating art hopefully for the Scholastic Art Competition, and visiting LA for a week (I'm probably going to tour UCLA and USC, while I'm there).
Are there any recommendations for any summer activities that I could still participate in this summer, preferably near the Seattle area and especially if it's related to environmental conservation and sustainability?
I applied to SAMS (at Carnegie Mellon) and only had time to scrap together an application for one local internship in my area but got rejected from both. Recently I've been attending a 5 credit class (9 weeks long) at the University of Washington for a week, but the commute has been so tiring (around 4-5 hours, roundtrip) that I'm thinking of dropping the class. Is it bad to not have a summer activity before junior year? If I do decide to drop the class, I'll spend the rest of my summer doing driver's ed, SAT prep, summer homework (for 6 IB classes next year), creating art hopefully for the Scholastic Art Competition, and visiting LA for a week (I'm probably going to tour UCLA and USC, while I'm there).
Are there any recommendations for any summer activities that I could still participate in this summer, preferably near the Seattle area and especially if it's related to environmental conservation and sustainability?