<p>I was just wondering if I could put down that I volunteered in Mexico with an orphanage for 2 weeks during the summer on my college app. Would it help at all, or is 2 weeks too short to really have any big impact on the app?</p>
<p>It's great!! Put it down on your app.</p>
<p>Don't focus on it too much, it just kinda shows that you're rich. Colleges want you to help out in your own community.</p>
<p>But it also shows he put his richness to good use. I bumped this up because I have done something similar, and want to know whether this image of richness is bad. I have volunteered a lot in my community also.</p>
<p>Many times churches run fundraisers in order for a group in their congregation to do such caring trips as this. And besides, Admissions don't preoccupy themselves with "Oooh Look! Rich brat!" They're a little more mature than that. They love seeing kids using every opportunity to give themselves to the people in need, on a local and international level. You two have got a heart for people you don't run into every day, people foreign to your culture and lifestyle. I think that's great.</p>