After running a 12-year marathon, many high school seniors cross a long-awaited finish line with both a diploma and a college acceptance letter in hand. And between that race and the next lay three warm summer months, often devoid of responsibility.
How should students fill that time? Should they rest up for the oncoming academic rigors of college, keep their minds active by revisiting old study materials, work, or travel? A little of each, experts say. Overall, the worst thing that students can do is allow the malaise of so-called "senioritis" that plagues so many in the spring to stretch into the summer and subsequently the fall. Then, the consequences of lethargy could be dire—and expensive. Instead, students should use the five tips below to successfully manage the summer before their freshman year of college.
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