Start exploring new activities that interest you. Whether it’s soccer, painting, guitar or robotics, trying new things will help you build skills and experiences as you discover what you love.

Get involved in extracurricular activities, like clubs, music, sports and volunteering. It will help you grow and learn, and the activities you choose and commitments you make will reveal a lot about who you are.

Start talking to family members and other adults about preparing for college and finding the right school. The insights you gain will help you on your path toward college.

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What do you want to be when you grow up and where do you want to go to college? Talk to adults in your life about how they figured those things out. Their answers may inspire you.

Start looking into summer enrichment programs, which can be anything from local day camps and overnight camps to camps offered on college campuses. They’re a fun way to develop interests and skills while making new friends.

Seek out summer jobs and volunteer experiences that will help you grow. You’ll develop a better sense of who you are and what you enjoy.

Read a lot over the summer, even just for fun! It will improve your vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and test scores, which means you’ll be more ready for a good school when the time comes.

Exercise your math skills over the summer with math apps that challenge your abilities. Keeping your skills fresh will reinforce what you know and make learning new math easier.