DON'T PROCRASTINATE! I was terrible about putting off applications until the last minute. Even though I always got things done on time, it cost me a lot...

I can speak from experience that summer activities can be a lot of fun and very helpful in the admissions process. If you are doing academic activities over the summer, you are showing schools that you are really committed to whatever subject you are pursuing. I am going into genetics, and in the summer before my junior year, I did a research camp called Summer Accelerator for the Genetic Analysis of Signal...

This may not be life changing advice, but remember in your junior and senior year that your teachers are future recommenders. Think about what teachers...