People to People and National State Leaders Programs

Interficio
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:56:32 +0000

I’m surprised people mostly talk about the P2P international trips. To me, P2P wasn’t a joke because my really tough English teacher nominated me for it and it meant a lot to me that she thought that highly of me. She nominated me for a program where you can choose to go to basically any of the top 6 schools (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.) I chose Harvard and yeah the price was a lot (2500+), but the trip was great. We had great speakers, amazing opportunities, we did go to Boston tourists traps, but our group leaders also perused the city in advance to find the cheaper stores. It was a genuine experience and a great one. Unfortunately at the time, I was really socially awkward and didn’t make the best of it. It was an awesome experience and I’m glad I went. If anything, it at least served as a tour of harvard. (I’m sure we stayed near the science buildings, but specfically in the law dorms… hastings). It was awesome and it convinced me that boston is where I want to go to school or live, even if I don’t get into Harvard.