Word: summering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...jealous. I can clearly see that I'm falling behind in the race to build the most impressive resum and meet the most helpful contacts. I also realize that I'm missing out on one of the few times that I have to experiment on my own for a summer...
...seems almost an obligation for Harvard students to ruthlessly pursue this type of thing. Just after intersession, when I asked several people where they were thinking about working over the summer, most answered that they already had a job lined up. I was stunned. I quickly learned that, for the most selective positions, the application deadline most likely occurs before you take your first midterm in the fall semester...
...while most people my age try their best to hold onto their youth, Harvard students and their counterparts at other elite colleges are doing their damnedest to leave it behind. It seems that we can't grow up quickly enough. When students at other schools take advantage of the summer to return home and strengthen ties with old friends from high school, us Harvardians might drop in on Mom and Pop for a couple days before flying over to Europe to analyze the details of the latest Northern Ireland peace agreement. In the rush to enter the working world, many...
...chance to spend some time in a place far from home, where I can experience things of which I have never dreamed. However, thus far, the price is too high for me. For these first few years at least, I am not yet willing to trade a summer with my aging grandmother and my irresponsible high school friends for a summer in a distant cubicle...
...family growing up before my eyes--my little brother is almost as tall as me now. As a family, we rarely have enough time together as it is. Summer is one of the rare times when our perpetually busy schedules quiet down for a month or two, and we can take a trip down to Cape Cod or up to New Hampshire...