What would you do b4 start working (after college)

I'm an international student on F-1 visa. For those who don't know, we can't leave the country b4 we get work authorisation through OPT, otherwise our Visa and OPT will be expired by homeland security. 

Therefore, I will have to stay within the country, and I have been thinking about what to do in the 1.5 months I have. Asked a few friends about this and most of them said just travel but want to do something more meaningful, for example spending like a month of doing something I have never done or won’t be able to do working in finance.

Any suggestion of what to do and place/area you’d recommend?

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