soccerstar18

Okay so for next year, I have a choice.

I can go to a 25 days West Coast Connection Community Service Teen Tour in South Africa

or

Go to Musikeer Teen Tours that I go to 3 weeks UCLA and 3 weeks Michigan, and take college classes, and receive credit.


Please give your opinion which would look best for college.

soccerstar18

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soccerstar18

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themagicalspork

Which one would you enjoy more? You should pick based on that; not based purely on what looks good for college.

hsmomstef

honestly -- neither one will give you any kind of a tip or push on a college application in and of itself.

if you actually earn the money to pay for the trip to south africa or you are awarded a scholarship based on merit for the trip, that might make it look less like a "rich kid pays to do community service while going overseas" type trip. Otherwise -- it just looks like you family had the cash to pay for it. volunteer work is readily available in your local community -- so doing it in South Africa doesn't look any better.

The Muskieer one also looks a little too much like a program for rich kids -- the cost for tuition is outrageous ($8200+). for that price, I could suggest many, many more programs that would probably be much better.

What is your grade and age? What do you want out of a summer program? Do you want to travel? pursue an interest that you can't in your current high school? want to go in-depth into something you are into right now? Increase your fluency in a foreign language? take a class so that you can take a higher level math/science/english? take a class so that you can take additional AP classes next year?

If your parents are willing to pay that kind of money -- there are much better programs out there.

think about Brown Summer session, Harvard or Columbia, the Oxbridge programs, the Foundation Programs discover China program -- and there are many, many more -- depending on your interests and goals.

JJG

If a program gives you college credits, a college grade, a college transcript from an accredited university, it should be helpful for college admission - it suggests you can do college level work.