Find out if your school has college videos. If you wait until junior or senior year, you may not be able to take as many Subject Tests as you want. Plan a meaningful summer activity. Consider an internship, volunteer work, travel, or spending time with someone who works in a career that interests you. Get more involved in your favorite extracurricular activity.
Colleges look for depth of involvement.
Look for leadership opportunities. Look into careers. If your high school administers vocational aptitude tests, interest inventories, learning style inventories, or personality tests, take some of them and discuss the results with your counselor and parents. Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Interests Game . Select one or two careers to read about.