<p>Travel that you pay for doesn’t really look good on applications, but it doesn’t look bad either. It’s a nice activity to do over the summer, and it can be a great experience and a lot of fun. I would sort of recommend based on a personal experience to choose a trip led by someone who’s done it before, rather than just by whatever company is facillitating it. I had a great trip to Costa Rica led by a neighboring school’s biology teacher that was through EF tours, and my friend had a terrible trip to France that was run entirely by EF tours. This is anecdotal of course, could have been the location that made the difference as well.</p>