| Go Into The Summer Proud Of What You've | | | | have a lot of money, you and your friends can |
| Accomplished | | | | have a great time. Figure out where you'd like to |
| Study hard! The first piece of advice you should | | | | go and start a savings plan. If you don't have a |
| hear about having an enjoyable summer is that | | | | job, you can probably get one that will fit into |
| you should work hard in school BEFORE your | | | | your busy schedule if you stop by the career |
| summer vacation. Go into the summer break as a | | | | services office. |
| triumphant young scholar who has had victory | | | | Volunteer Opportunities and Internships and Your |
| over every exam and paper they threw at you | | | | Ever Increasingly Important Resume |
| over the course of the school year. Of course, | | | | As long as you're at the career services office, |
| you can still have a great summer even if you | | | | maybe you should look into work for the summer |
| got a D in physics, but you'll have an even better | | | | as well. While it's true that you've already worked |
| one if you buckle down and get that B, or A. | | | | hard all through the school year and the idea of |
| Make Sure You Enjoy Your Summer By Planning | | | | work during your vacation might not be so |
| It | | | | appealing to you, consider this: the work that you |
| How will you plan this summer when you're busy | | | | do this summer, if you do it, will not require you |
| studying for physics? Especially if you're having a | | | | to write papers or do homework in all likelihood. It |
| challenging year at school, you might not have a | | | | will be a different kind of work, and because |
| lot of free time. However, the most enjoyable | | | | you're choosing it, it will probably be more fun |
| summers take a little planning, and you want one, | | | | than what your physics professor makes you do. |
| right? You also deserve it. So, the next time you | | | | Equally important (at least), any work that you do |
| catch yourself daydreaming about when all of | | | | during your summers in college will help you down |
| your homework will finally all be over, switch over | | | | the road when it's time to apply for jobs after |
| to a productive mode and make that dream a | | | | graduation. If you do an internship or a volunteer |
| reality. | | | | position in a field you like, your experience will |
| Vacation Getaways | | | | make you a stronger applicant when you're |
| If you're chained to your computer this semester, | | | | applying for a job in that field. And, if you happen |
| or stuck in the library 24/7, you might be | | | | to think an industry sounds great, take an |
| fantasizing about the perfect vacation. If you | | | | internship in it, and find out it's not for you, that's |
| start your plans early enough, even if you don't | | | | information you should be very glad to have. |