<p>If the colleges didn’t stress the nonsensical giving back to society, then there wouldn’t be this kind of abuse. I think every parent who can afford this and is confident that it will help in college aps should avail of this kind of trips. If the colleges don’t like that, they should make their criteria not dependent on nonsense like CS hours and helping the poor and learning about the world and what not. If they do, since there is no objective evaluation of these sort of criteria, they are exposing themselves to be lied to. They deserve it.</p>