| How will this look to colleges, then?
Don't know how colleges view Girl Scout Camp, but one of my daughter's friends ( who had very strong academics but in all of his HS career participated in club as his EC ) , got into Cornell . He enrolled in NJ's Gov school.
Like some other posters here said, one year away from GS's won't be so bad and it would most likely be a great experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend Gov School.
With the intense competition for college apps these recent years, it certainly couldn't hurt you when it is your time to apply. | 
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