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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ivy interviewer here. Foreign volunteer trips just signal wealthy parents. 
We are most impressed with projects that kids organize themselves, wherever they may take place.

I'm also an economist. Developing countries don't need more unskilled labor. However, if the wealthy kids bring construction supplies with them, those are needed. [/quote]

Foreign volunteer trips signal wealthy parents? Well, then you need to climb down from your ivy tower. I'[b]ve been chaperoning foreign volunteer trips for years.[/b] Your head will spin at the number of students from middle class families who go on those trips because 1) their parents are willing to sacrifice to give their kids exposure and 2) payment plans that allow those families to pay in installments.

And who cares why the kid is going? At 17 we can't expect him to be completely selfless. At that age he needs the trip so he can grow up, become familiar with the world, aware of other cultures, and if he happens to grow an altruistic bone because of it, good for us all! If not, you know what that makes him? A TEENAGER! :-o [/quote]

So you are not completely unbiased. [/quote]

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