My son did one of the NSLC programs in an area that interested him. We’ll never know if it helped him get into the college of his choice, but in the meantime it was an opportunity to meet kids with a similar interest from around the country, and to stay on an out-of-state college campus for 2 weeks in a dorm room with a roommate. So in my view, it was worth it, whether or not it actually helped him get into college.