How Should a ChemE Major Spend the Summer After Freshman Year?

[Null_]

I plan on taking an economics course through my local community college and working at a 4-H camp. I kind of want to have at least one more summer just chilling at home before I do any internships, since I'd have to live at least an hour and a half away from home. I'm a chemE major in a state university. I'd also self-study calc III and linear algebra, then take both classes in the fall.

Is this a bad way to spend the summer? Should I try for an internship?

 

[Mathnomalous]

May I suggest reviewing/applying what you have learned so far? It might prove beneficial in your upcoming classes. Otherwise, relax and enjoy summer (2011).

 

[vcxp]

In my experience (one of my majors is via the college of engineering here), companies usually hire after the sophomore year. I would just read a lot, beef up on some of your courses (if you really want/need to) and enjoy yourself.

 

[Patrick_Nth]

How well do you know Matlab?

 

[Null_]

I think I will try to get the summer camp job (8-4, 5 days a week) since I don't work during the school year. And it seems like a good idea to review what I learned during the past year.

^matlab, not at all. Should I spend time learning? We mainly use Maple in calculus and Python in physics at my school.