What's the best way to spend the summer before your senior year in terms of preparing for college applications? Find out how to have productive and restful summer, Bob Ross-style.

0:56 First stroke of summer canvas: Take a break
1:38 Block in shadow areas: Brainstorm your personal statement
2:50 Add color: Create a resume/activities list
3:23 Add layers: More in-depth college exploration
4:09 Finishing the painting by adding details: Still time to grow

Landscape painting image credit: Alex Kalaidjian, "Automated Landscape Painting in the Style of Bob Ross," University of Waterloo, 2007.