International Scholar Laureate Program: worth it?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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i recently received an email and an actual letter from the mail regarding an invitation for this ISLP program going to either China or New Zealand since i’m a member of Phi Theta Kappa. “you have been chosen for this opportunity based on your exemplary academic performance and your declared major.”

is this just scam or something? definitely dont have the money to go so this question is for curiosity’s sake (unless i decide to get a scholarship or do a fundraising as suggested in the website). it honestly sounds great and i would love to go, but is it even something worthy enough to put into an application to a university? (i’m a CC student about the transfer in a few semesters btw). from what i have read online so far, people have just been saying it’s more just for leisure purposes and if you’ve got money to waste. thoughts?

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I am curious as well. My daughter got invited to go to the International relations & Diplomacy delegation in 2020. She did the Envision summer Intensive Law & Trial at Stanford last year and it was a good program. But for international travel, I would hope the group size would be smaller …
But I think the programs are good, even if people say it’s too much money or whatever. You DO get a couple college credits applied and I think it would look good on an application to a 4 year school. She’s a freshman @ CC now, wants to transfer to UC Berkeley…