TEENS: Is anyone else doing NOTHING this summer?

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I'm going to be a senior this fall. I'm panicking. I have good grades and okay test scores but NO activities outside of school. I pretty much just sit on the computer all day. It's sad, but I'm not outgoing or friendly and stink at sports.

The last few summers I have done nothing. This summer I applied to a bunch of jobs but got rejected from all of them because I am only 17. So I've just been sitting in my room, on my computer, basically doing NOTHING.

I feel guilty when I see other kids as camp counselors or doing sports. I'm scared that I won't be able to get into a good college...I literally have NO activities outside of school.

Anyone else? What should I do?

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I was going to do pretty much nothing, then I made a summer bucket list :) If you want I can give it to you by editing my answer...... It has tons of stuff on it, I am sure you could find something to do from it! You know what, I never get notified when people update their questins. I will just give it to you now and if you don't want to use it you can ignore it :)

Oh I am also 17 so it should be mainly things you can do! They are lists from 2012 and 2013 :) Hope this helps!
2012
Solve a rubix Cube
Win a video game
Go on a blind date
Start a blog
Go bowling
Be on a radio show
Go to a drive in movie
Compose a song
Learn to play poker
Learn to juggle
Have an all day Disney marathon
Send a message in a bottle
Plant a tree
Learn to do a handstand
Spend an ENTIRE night out!
Build an amazing sand castle
Dance in the rain
Carve my name into a tree
Pull an all nighter at home
Go mini golfing
Walk up a down escalator
Say yes to everything for one week
Volunteer once a week
Play paint ball
Build a time capsule
Go to a midnight book, movie or cd release
Attend a book signing
Trace my heritage
make a music video
Play with dry ice
Go without electricity for a day
Do a split
Hula hoop with lots of hoops
Tye Dye a shirt
Make soda popsicles
Have an all night scary movie marathon
Hold a tarantula
Ride on a motorcycle
Surf
Donate blood
Drive a convertible
Color a whole coloring book
Visit a comic book store
Go fishing and cook what you catch
Geo cash
Remodel room

2013 Summer List
Buy white shoes and decorate them with markers!
Start running
Write a book
Shadow a journalist (or whatever job you are interested in)
Watch all Harry Potter movies in a day
Juggle adeptly
Crochet my niece an awesome blanket
Get a writing job
Write in a leather journal
Donate blood
Learn to walk in HIGH heels
Make a scrap book
Buy Wreck this Journal
Win giant stuffed animal, give it to a stranger
Paint roses red
Build teen blanket fort
Learn to skate backwards
Buy a skateboard!
How many licks to a tootsie pop?
Dye ends of hair a crazy color
Use fake name in starbucks
Write letter to future self
Send my niece postcards
Start webisodes
Get a bank account -_-
Pay for the persons behind me stuff
Do a 365 photo project with my phone camera (look it up haha)
Write in journal every day
Bake a chocolate cake from scratch
Get my sewing machine out and sew article of clothing
Learn sign language
Keep a plant alive!!
Make a calander
Wear a fake mustache all day
Finish whole tube of lipgloss
Leave notes in my favorite books at Barnes and Noble
Make a quilt
Do a paint by number
Surf
Rock red lipstick
Buy a mandolin
Learn to knit
Buy polaroid camera
Find cool typewriter
Finish entire coloring book
Read every book I own (this will take a while ;D I read a lot...)
Cook a campfire dinner
Win a video game
Use coupons
Have face paint done!

What 7-inch tablet should I buy?

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Sorry for probably the nine jillionth "what should I buy" question on this subject, but I'm about to drive my family crazy hemming and hawing and dithering about purchasing my first tablet, and I can't make up my mind and I need some advice.

I want to buy a tablet. I have $150 to spend for a tablet and case, no more (although for one of my options I might have to dig deeper for a few more quarters). So a 2013 Nexus 7 or anything else in that price range isn't happening. I could wait until I could do a little more, but I'm really not inclined to, plus I view this as a getting my foot in the door situation just to see if I'm going to LIKE a tablet. My only experience with such things is my kid's Kindle Fire and iPod Touch, and I kind of THINK that I'm going to like a tablet, maybe even get hooked on it, but I'm not sure enough to drop $200-$300 first time out.

So I'm thinking my options are a used first-generation Nexus 7, or a new Hisense Sero Pro 7 or ASUS Memo Pad HD 7. I had considered a refurb Galaxy Tab 2 but the specs don't match these, and one of the Nook HD's B&N is clearing but it lacks a camera and while I'm not much of a photographer my understanding is that a camera is needed for some apps to work.

I'm basically looking for something to surf the web, do Twitter and Facebook with, play music (most of stuff is Amazon, I've downloaded a bit from Google Play and am gravitating there more and more because of higher bit rate MP3 encodes, but the vast majority of my music is self-ripped from CDs), play videos (again, much self-ripped), read books with (all are Amazon because I have an original Kindle e-reader), read PDFs with, use as a GPS and use a few boring news/sports/music related apps with (I do not game, at all, and have no plans to start).

It's doubtful that I'll root the thing or look for an alternate ROM, although I see a lot of first-gen Nexus 7's out there with CM, etc., already on it and that would not dissuade me from trying it. I'm basically looking for something that's just going to "work" when I need it, period, when I turn it on, without having to do a lot of user maintenance or have to worry about the thing disintegrating if I breathe on it wrong. Neither am I going to obsess over not getting the latest Android update exactly when everyone else does.

I don't use the Cloud and have no inclination to start, being that so much of my content is self-ripped and I don't have time to upload it nor am I prepared to purchase the extra storage it would take, but a 32-gig Nexus should be sufficient, although the SD card option for the others is attractive, would make it easier to change out content (and would be a must given Hisense's 8 gig internal, the ASUS is a bit better at 16).

And I'm not going to obsess about screen resolution, either, eyes aren't good enough in my middle-aged years to worry about seeing every skin pore on a person's face when I'm watching video on a 7-inch screen.

So, which of these tablets would best suit my needs at the best price? Thanks in advance for any help.

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Hi. If you can really dig deeper Nexus 7 2nd generation would be the best option. With almost all the features you need in a tablet. I.e quad core processor, 2Gb RAM, dual camera, SNS integration etc.

Nexus 7 2nd Gen - Most helpful review from an actual user:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FQ095BDTEJRQ/?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00DVFLJDS&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&nodeID=&tag=aebmw-20

It is the best worth for money. Would give you almost all in one tablet.

Other options you mentioned like Hisense Sero Pro 7 or ASUS Memo Pad HD 7 or the refurbished Galaxy tab 2 would also work fine for what you need from your device.

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