<p>What if I went to a summer camp like SAAST for two years in a row…would that help me in terms of admissions given the fact that I already payed like $10 grand to the school in going to this camp?</p>
<p>or are they just gonna see me as some rich kid tryin to buy his way into penn</p>
<p>most prolly the second…sorry! </p>
<p>They could care less if you gave them 10K…it’s like pocket change to them</p>
<p>I must say that it’d be a cool EC to talk about…and a great way to be able to boost your why penn essay</p>
<p>It’s not going to help. No school is neccesarily going to give you more weight than someone who couldn’t go to this–which includes LOTS of people. I suppose it shows interest in the school, but I’m pretty sure that they’d rather you just do something of more motivation, work, etc., like research. My friend spent $10K at Harvard summer school and couldn’t get into any Ivy. Truly, these camps count for crap.</p>