Are service trips a huge "NO" as a Common App essay topic?

Belizeme
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:30:12 +0000

@intparent I am worried about this too. I went with a new local organization to Belize this summer to work in a primary school with children for a week. Upon returning, I began an internship with the organization and am currently planning to co-found a new club at school that would start a pen pal system and raise money for dictionaries. I wanted to write about it in one of my supplements but I don’t want to sound so cliche, even though the whole project really does mean something to me. (Btw, I didn’t go on the trip just so I could write about it for college; the thought never really crossed my mind until I began reading about how it isn’t the best idea to write about service trips).

Thoughts?