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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It shows them you havecmoney, which they like.

It may show your kid is mature, since they have lived apart from family.

It is not an EC.[/quote]

How would you count a summer program? Would you not list it on common app?[/quote]

I would probably include it as an activity but low on the list (there are 10 slots if I recall, i'd put it at 8 -10 unless there are more compelling entries.)[/quote]

Would these (hypotheticals) be more compelling (and hence higher up the ec list) than a summer in Madrid learning Spanish or in Lyon learning more French?: NHS treasurer? Volleyball varsity team? Soup kitchen volunteer 1x per week? CIT? [/quote]

my opinion on this (as a parent, not anyone who has insider knowledge) is that it really depends on the kid and how they are presenting themselves.  my understanding (backed up at least a little bit my own kid's experience with the admissions process) is that the highly competitive schools value the "story" that the activities/essays/letters come together to tell.  So any single activity isn't all that important, they've seen a gazillion other kids who did debate or volunteered or played the violin or did a language school abroad.  but they way they talk about what is important to them in the essays and refer to activities listed elsewhere in chart is the more relevant part.[/quote]

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