Vista123
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passiionfruit,
I am also sorry you didnt like girls state. Honestly that is the first EVER negative review I have ever heard.
My oldest boy went to Boys state only because he was told it would look good on his USNA resume. Luckily our high school did not send people in the past so he was able to get that spot. He ran for every office and didnt get elected to a single thing. He still loved it so much that the following year, as a high school senior (after he was already admitted to USNA), he spoke to all of the Junior year social studies to tell them about how GREAT it was. After NASS it was the best experience he ever had (according to him)
He talked his younger brother into going the following year. Son #2, went just to get away from his mother for a wk. However, he ended up loving it so much that he wrote his college essays about how much he got out of it and how great it was.
Two completely different kids going for completely different reasons both had extremely positive experiences.
With regards to Time2's quote (Originally Posted by time2 )
"paying to attend a seminar that you learned about through a mass mailing marketing campaign is NOT an example of leadership and counts for ZERO on your academy application." I recently spoke at a huge admissions briefing, while in the presenter room I was able to get some insight from presenters from usna admissions and they reiterate what Time2 states.
So in other words if you want to go to Hoby because it sounds cool, and you have plenty of money...you may get something good out of it...It just wont be points on your WCS.
I am also sorry you didnt like girls state. Honestly that is the first EVER negative review I have ever heard.
My oldest boy went to Boys state only because he was told it would look good on his USNA resume. Luckily our high school did not send people in the past so he was able to get that spot. He ran for every office and didnt get elected to a single thing. He still loved it so much that the following year, as a high school senior (after he was already admitted to USNA), he spoke to all of the Junior year social studies to tell them about how GREAT it was. After NASS it was the best experience he ever had (according to him)
He talked his younger brother into going the following year. Son #2, went just to get away from his mother for a wk. However, he ended up loving it so much that he wrote his college essays about how much he got out of it and how great it was.
Two completely different kids going for completely different reasons both had extremely positive experiences.
With regards to Time2's quote (Originally Posted by time2 )
"paying to attend a seminar that you learned about through a mass mailing marketing campaign is NOT an example of leadership and counts for ZERO on your academy application." I recently spoke at a huge admissions briefing, while in the presenter room I was able to get some insight from presenters from usna admissions and they reiterate what Time2 states.
So in other words if you want to go to Hoby because it sounds cool, and you have plenty of money...you may get something good out of it...It just wont be points on your WCS.