You can develop skills and build your resume without formal work experience.  Your summer break is also an opportunity to take care of yourself, engage in an activity you didn’t have time for during the school year, or work on a self-directed project of interest to you. 

• Professional associations — which often offer student memberships — may offer online workshops, resources, and virtual conferences in your fields of interest. 
• LinkedIn Learning offers free courses for Princeton students in creative, business and tech fields.
• Access Rosetta Stone through the Princeton University Library to learn or increase proficiency in a  language.
• Forage offers virtual project simulations from Fortune 500 companies that students can complete in 1-7 hour segments to gain experience and receive feedback on their work.
• Enroll in summer courses through sites such as Coursera, EdX or Udemy, or a local college, to get a taste for a subject, earn badges/certification, or simply supplement your other summer activities.
• If you are interested in future internships or jobs in industries that have case interviews, technical interviews, or quantitative interviews, consider taking time to practice for these areas."

• Start a writing project or blog on a topic about which you are passionate.
• Create a portfolio (printed and/or virtually) with examples of how you use and develop your top skills.
• Produce an independent, low-budget arts/music/film/design project or vlog. Opportunities in these areas could qualify for funding through the Lewis Center for the Arts. Proposals for Lewis Center funding are usually due by early spring.
• Develop computer programming/web/app development projects on GitHub.