Yale Young Global Scholars program or internship?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am a junior right now. My grades are not spectacular, but my passions for economics and international politics are. I have loved the humanities and social sciences them since seventh grade, and have dedicated much of my life and times to them. Here are my EC’s right now:</p>

<p>Played Clarinet with HS Symphonic band since 8th grade, been to several regional bands (prbly wont go this year)
Cofounder and Vice President of Model UN: have been recognized/awarded in each conference, other high school politicians are no match for real political strategy.
Invited to Academy of Political Science, a think tank where membership is normally for graduate students and professors
Invited to Commonwealth Club of California, nation’s oldest public forum
Offered internship to Wall Street Journal by its CEO (I got interviewed, at this time they are “still looking for a place for me”)
Work closely with Mayor of my town, advising on economic and political strategy
Have relationship with local libertarian think-tank and economics publisher- Independent Institute
Have relationship with the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted [Free]Masons of California
Have relationship with the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Have relationship with the Publisher of Foreign Affairs (most widely respected journal among policymaners), and the Council on Foreign Relations. POSSIBLE summer internship
Have relationship with the publisher of Current Affairs magazine, another respected journal of international relations
[note: i have one year free subscription to both magazines because of my networking, and in turn increases my understanding of international relations]
Submitting project to ISEF-affiliatied fair: Using Differential Calculus to Predict World Petroleum production; hopefully with economist mentors from SF Fed and UC Berkeley
Business manager of school newspaper
Columnist for school newspaper
Experienced in generating profits with stock market (maybe I can increase my university’s endowment? )
And if it means anything, i am a book collector, with 300 books dedicated to my passion.</p>

<p>My passion is my life. I have read and applied so much about economics, and communication (getting people to accept me and to do what I want), I sort of feel out of place. I get so many connections because I write A TON of letters to a ton of different people. The SF Fed president, Publisher of Wall Street Journal, Independent Institute, and CFR responded. I know it’s a lot, but it took a lot of letters and writing to get.</p>

<p>I recently heard about Yale Young Global Scholars. I was ecstatic when I heard about it. Why wouldn’t I want to go? I did some research. It appears that almost all the people on CC says it is worth the $4500. I told my mom about it, and she wants me to do something local, like working at the WSJ in San Francisco, or at that Independent Institue economics think-tank/publisher, or possibly even the Council on Foreign Relations.</p>

<p>Which would you rather do? The thought of learning from Paul Kennedy (who’s book “The Rise andFall of the Great Powers” I have on my desk) makes me happy, but, my mom does not want to pay the money.</p>

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<p>Internship. Internship. Internship. Internship.</p>

<p>I did the same Yale program the summer into my senior year. It was not worth it. An internship (if you can get one) will speak much more volumes in terms of the college admission process. And it will prevent you from wasting thousands.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for helping me to make up my mind!</p>

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<p>I don’t know, I did the Yale Global Scholars program back when it was Ivy Scholars, and there are a few things to remember before ruling it out.

  1. The program is only 2 weeks long. You have plenty of time to do an internship and the program
  2. There is financial aid offered
  3. When are you ever going to get the chance to learn from Paul Kennedy as a HIGH SCHOOLER?</p>

<p>You have several months to decide what you want to do. There’s very little pressure right now!</p>

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<p>Your relationships are interesting but they are not EC’s. Do something with the relationships in the form of an internship. That will be far more meaningful IMO. You’ll learn a lot too!</p>

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<p>Murphy, I totally agree. I got said relationships with the intention of turning them into internships.</p>

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<p>For alumni of the Yale Global Scholars program, what was the focus of your answer/topics you discussed (i.e. was the essay very personal or more generic)? I’m not sure how to approach this essay so any help would be MUCH appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Hello! I’m in high school, and I’ve recently (within the last year) become really interested in policy and political science. I’m only a sophomore, How did you form these relationships with these journals/think tanks/etc? I’m interested in pursuing an internship and becoming more involved, and I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on how you’ve grown these relationships. Thank you so much.</p>

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<p>Also, as I’ve only been exposed to policy/economics/polysci for a while, I’m still not nearly as educated in those fields as I’d like to be. How did you go from a beginner’s level knowledge (especially since you developed your interest in 7th grade) to such an advanced knowledge level? As I’ve looked into some research papers, they can be a bit over my head. But, I still want to really grow my knowledge. Any book suggestions possibly(since you’ve read so many books on the subject)? Sorry for the bombardment of questions- your work is just really interesting and even inspiring to me, especially at such a young age. Thank you!</p>