<p>@jumpingstar Bad teacher just means you have to self study. I hope you have better luck than I do. </p>
<p>@Almondjoy7 you’re in debate!? me tooooo! haha all the people on my debate team are going to camps. Well, I discussed it with my parents since everyone at school’s always saying “oh my god, you aren’t going??? you have to!” and my parents don’t want to dish out a couple thousand just so I won’t be looked down on by my team members. But seriously I think I only wanted to go to the Stanford one was to go to Stanford and Cali. But next year I’m applying for some of Stanford’s other camps that you actually have to submit apps to get in…</p>
<p>Sorry for this being so long, but what are your opinions on debate camps? All my teammates want to be lawyers or something and even the girl who wants to be a doctor is only going because her parents are loaded. They’re all going to the Stanford one, btw. And this one girl claimed that going to Stanford debate camp is better than going to the Texas one. Because for “college apps” but …</p>
<p>I don’t think paying 8,000 for a summer camp is considered prestigious? Since if colleges thought any type of camp at a high ranked school is prestigious then wouldn’t kids just basically pay their way in?</p>
<p>@Almondjoy7 Going to Asia —China, specifically— too! Are you just vacationing or visiting family?</p>
<p>@SwaggyC sigh… yes, I’ll just have to attempt to self study. hopefully it won’t be that bad…</p>
<p>@jumpingstar </p>
<p>Instead of posting thrice, you can just edit the original post and make additions. </p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt</p>
<p>She’s also a really amazing applicant, and thusly, hurts my feelings of superiority. She only posts occasionally, but it’s usually like “just cured cancer, brb, gotta go to my Harvard internship”, and then I just cry, trying to tell myself it’s okay that I’ll never compete in STS or ISEF because I have…a dismal futureintrinsic skills</p>
<p>Also, @Almondjoy7, I feelz ya on that that [TRG and Catsby]. What camp are you looking at? Northwestern and Stanford are pretty nice, IMO, but I really wouldn’t want to spend that kind of money.</p>
<p>@jumpingstar, the whole spending 5k+ on debate camps and college hosted summer camps really doesn’t help you get in with that particular college, but you might learn things or take classes in things that could marginally help. Scour the Summer Programs forum for more.</p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt hehe… sorry, will do next time</p>
<p>@Apollo11 yeah, I just really wanted to solidify my thoughts bout those camps because I keep on telling that one teammate about how it’s really not going to boost her college app but she just thinks she so superior for going to a camp she can afford while I’m still stuck here at home… 
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<p>applying to NSLI-Y next year, looks soooo awesome! Can’t believe I’ve never heard of it. Do any of you guys have experience with NSLI-Y?</p>
<p>@Apollo11 lolol @TheGreatCatsbyx is way more impressive than I. Honestly, I’m not that great of an applicant, so no need to feel bad. </p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt
Right in the ego. </p>
<p>This is also going into the repository: “Honestly, I’m not that great of an applicant, so no need to feel bad”</p>
<p>The repository of things that are slowly killing me.</p>
<p>@jumpingstar
I almost applied this year, but got lazy with the essays and missed the deadline. </p>
<p>I’m applying next year if the Persian program still exists.</p>
<p>@Apollo11
What else is in the repository lmao</p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt </p>
<p>Various House referendums, “The Complete Collection of George W. Bush’s Spoonerisms”, the strange mold in the repository…</p>
<p>@jumpingstar: I’m staying in Texas to go to camp, and I’m only going to get better. I don’t think prestige counts at all. I’m going to the camp that I believe will help turn me into more of a national level competitor, because that’s ultimately my goal, and exactly what colleges are going to look at. So the camp I’m going to this year is more local but is run by two of the most important people in regards to debate in Texas, and probably nationally. I do Congress and Extemp. And I’m going to Asia to visit family but also vacation!</p>
<p>@Apollo11: Yeah, both of them are a stab at my ego and do wonderfully at making me feel inadequate, but both also motivate me to work ten times harder too. So, take that as you will. </p>
<p>@Almondjoy7
I’m pretty sure they know I’m just kidding about them, but in my case, I view myself pretty differently. I’m prepping for USABO and USAPhO instead of ISEF, STS and Seimens, and all of the paper that I’ve written are about historical topics [The Concord Review].</p>
<p>Also, I’m at the strange point in my life in which my debates are only decided by in-the-moment things; I already know almost every debate strategy really well in my league [literally helped write a textbook on it, lulz]</p>
<p>Edit: Congress? Isn’t that the style in which everyone is yelling at the same time and y’all say your speeches in like 1 minute?</p>
<p>@Apollo11
USAPhO and USNCO prep for me lol. </p>
<p>@Apollo11: My school doesn’t offer any of the olympiads, although I’m thinking I’m going to try changing that for next year. </p>
<p>Yeah no, that’s not how Congress works, lol. It’s actually quite similar to a real Congress session. You get up and give a 3 minute speech, refuting what other people say, then have a one minute questioning period, and then you sit down. You have to be “active” in the chamber when you’re not speaking, which means either you’re prepping to go or you’re asking questions. There’s a lot of politics that goes around on it, even in a local tournament. </p>
<p>@jumpingstar is NSLI-Y only in the summer? Or is it for the whole year?</p>
<p>And I’ve noticed that a lot of you guys do debate, does anybody do Forensics? Poetry, prose, extemp, impromptu, duos, original oratory, etc.</p>
<p>@Slytherclaw12
It’s both.</p>
<p>Also, @Almondjoy7, thanks for the info, since I have/had no idea what Congress was like. That sounds really cool however; what league do you debate in? [PM me if possible]</p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt
And now I’m no longer studying for USAPhO</p>
<p>@Apollo11
Love ya <3</p>
<p>@slytherclaw12: I do extemp, mainly because I’m forced to by my coach, however.</p>
<p>@Apollo11: I do NFL. It’s one of the biggest in the nation, so I don’t really have a problem saying that, haha. </p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt
< or = to 3.</p>