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It's not an internship, OP. It's just a way for the college to siphon money from parents' wallets.

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Ding ding ding! Caveat emptor.
The colleges usually don't even run these summer programs.  They are outsourcing their empty rooms to a company that pays them.  The company will also hire the school's professors as 'consultants' on the payroll.  This arrangement bamboozles families into thinking their child might actually have a shot at that college when the kid applies.

My kid is doing a summer abroad language program, won a scholarship to cover most of it and her high school alumni foundation is kicking in some money to help.  I just have to pay for the plane ticket.
The previous summer she held a teenager retail job and got some interesting life experience from it.  The kid spent enough of her life in a classroom, I don't intend to stick her in one of those pay to play summer academic enrichment/internships/pre-college bubbles where she continues to be in a classroom.[/quote]

I wish American Councils/NSLI-Y would diversify socioeconomically and actually accept more public school students.  Private school students already have an edge when it comes to enrichment opportunities.[/quote]

Yeah, it’s BS.  LGBTQ+ really have a great shot coming from private.  I have yet to see one limited-income public school kid get past the initial interview.  It’s funny b/c they say that they want students who have never been abroad before  :roll: [/quote]
My public schooled child participated in NSLI-Y in Tajikistan. It didn't seem like it was just private school kids? She hasn't been abroad unless you consider a week at an All Inclusive in Puerto Vallarta when she was 12 to be "abroad". LOL!

NSLI-Y is awesome!! [/quote]

Isn’t Puerto Vallarta in Mexico?  How could that not be considered abroad?[/quote]

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