Am I special??? LOL

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Today, in the mail I received a letter from the National Student Leadership Conference. Here is the first paragraph:</p>

<p>Dear … (my name),</p>

<p>I am pleased to inform you that based on your academic achievements and demonstrated leadership potential you are invited to represent … (my high school) at the 2010 National Student Leadership Conferences being held at college campuses in Washington D.C., San Francisco, CA., Chicago Ill., and New York NY.</p>

<p>Is this a load of zCrap or is it legit. It costs $2,500 to go to a week long camp, and I don’t really know if this is really worth it. They claim that colleges love to see this, but I haven’t seen anyone on CC that has had this on their apps, so I’m assuming that it is not that prestigious. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>not sure about this program, in particular, but things like this tend to be scams</p>

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<p>I don’t see how it can hurt you, other than monetarily… $2500 is expensive… Also even if you don’t go I believe you can still write “Was invited to attend…” on you app, prefereably stating in brakets that you could go for reason X,Y or Z.</p>

<p>However I would ask your school to check that it isn’t a scam.</p>

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<p>i got the same thing & my grades are not even that impressive. probs a scam.</p>

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<p>i got it too. its a useless waste of time. its a scam. they try to get u to come to DC and meet with other “leaders”. basically, if youve got lots of money, this is the place to blow it.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’s a scam but i won’t say it worth the money either. I got something simlar and although it did come in very elaborate packaging, i still didn’t seem worth it. I won’t say you shouldn’t go but i won’t say it’s anything extremely special.</p>

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<p>^ what he said</p>

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<p>It’s not a scam, in the sense. I know people who have gone and enjoyed it.</p>

<p>However, it’s not really prestigious, and a lot of people get the invitation. So it’s probably a waste of money.</p>

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<p>I get things like that all the time. They say the same form, which is funny because I am chosen to “represent my highschool” when I’m the only student in my highschool (I’m homeschooled).</p>

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<p>I got an invitation last year L0L.<br>
Don’t go. I agree with generallyrong.</p>

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<p>hahahaha</p>

<p>Adcoms laugh when they see kids have attended summer things like this… They’re by no means selective, by no means prestigious, and by no means worth it.</p>

<p>But if you have money to burn and have nothing better to do for a few weeks during the summer, then by all means, attend ;)</p>

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<p>“Adcoms laugh when they see kids have attended summer things like this…”</p>

<p>not really. it’s better than sitting home & doing nothing.</p>

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<p>not a scam, but a waste. I take pleasure in throwing them away = D.</p>

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<p>Not that amazing but its a legit program (no scam). Some people said it was worth it; others said it was okay, depends really.</p>

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<p>Yes it is a scam, and yes you wasted a lot of time typing that out.</p>