Junior Statesman Summer School at Georgetown

<p>I have been accepted into the Junior Statesman Summer School at Georgetown and I am not sure if I should attend or not.
There are 2 parts of my decision that haven't been made clear.</p>

<p>1) How good does this summer school with college credit look on a college application? It is probably the single most important factor in my decision. I don't want to participate in a program that will have little or no effect in my application. I'd rather choose a program that has a bigger effect on an application.</p>

<p>2)From those who have attended the JSA programs, what is the atmosphere like?
I recently visited East Coast schools, and I was shocked to learn that drinking and illegal smoking were actively happening on campus. I guess you could say I was naive, but that's not what I want to involve myself in. I know that it's happening on all campuses, but I think it will happen more frequently at certain schools. For example, campuses where there isn't much else to do outside of the school; partying is more frequent. I feel that colleges in major cities where there is a more active life, the amount of drug use is less. The point of my question is, is there a high amount of drug use by students in the program during the JSA Summer Schools?</p>

<p>Thank You for your answers.</p>

<p>I have a friend who’s doing JSA. Apparently it’s not all that prestigious, so it probably won’t look amazing on your college app, but if you don’t find a better program it’s a good experience. At least, that’s what I heard.</p>

<p>Lol, people at high school do drugs. My friends and I choose to abstain from them, however, because becoming crack addicts isn’t something we would like to be 30 years from now. But that doesn’t mean we will refuse to talk to druggies. Some people are good people who make stupid decisions. Just refuse to go partying.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>i got in at stanford but i dont think im going to go. </p>

<p>if you dont have anything else to do, i would go. it looked very good. i just got into something that i think would be better for me. </p>

<p>by the way, you made me actually laugh out loud when you said you were shocked to find out that smoking and drinking occur on college campuses.</p>