<p>started my application! I still need to answer a couple of the personal statements and get a letter of recommendation but it’s all so exciting!</p>
<p>Does BoA put for emphasis on volunteering or leadership? I don’t have very many traditional volunteer hours (soup kitchen, homeless shelter, etc.), but I’m heavily involved with student government at the school and county levels. And I have a bunch of other leadership-y type things. So should I bother to apply given my lack of volunteer hours?</p>
<p>The program is probably geared more for leadership; it is called student ‘leaders’ after all. What I think they’re looking for is initiative- those who were willing to put forth the effort to volunteer and lead.</p>
<p>I sorta fit into two regions, greater DC area and Baltimore…
Does anyone know how this would work?</p>
<p>Also, how is this program on the prestige scale?</p>
<p>I was also a student for the 2011 term from the Detroit market. I also agree that the essay is very important and when you hear back/how competitive it is depends on the market. </p>
<p>I did a lot of volunteering and leadership activities in high school, but I also met some people at the summit that didn’t have as much volunteer experience–it all depends on how you present yourself in the application and on the market. They do, however, look for very strong leadership skills, so to answer the question about having a lot of leadership skills but not as much experience in volunteering, DEFINITELY apply.</p>
<p>Also, the Detroit market DOES have interviews once they narrow down the application pool, but most of the other markets that I talked to said they only had the application. I found out in April that I had been selected, although other markets found out earlier because they did not require the interviews. I interviewed in February. </p>
<p>The Detroit market was made up of myself (a girl), two guys, and two other girls. We were a very diverse group. </p>
<p>The program is very prestigious and very selective, so spend a lot of time on the application and get a good letter of recommendation. </p>
<p>I really encourage EVERYONE to apply! The summit was the highlight of my year and it was so much fun working with the student leaders all summer in my market. Some markets work together as a group all in one facility all summer, but some are split up. We were all working together in mine and we are still really close and talk all the time. The office was actually a 1.5 hour one-way commute from my house (3 hours of driving a day!) but it was well worth it and the job pays well! I’m glad I did it, but I have to say, if you aren’t prepared to put in full-time work all summer, then I would suggest you don’t apply. The job is a lot of work but I loved it! My best memories from the summer were from this internship. </p>
<p>By the way, I was a graduating senior this past summer when I did the internship, but two of the other interns from my market were juniors. </p>
<p>Let me know if you have any questions and good luck with the application!</p>
<p>@watchmesoar</p>
<p>I feel like it is quality over quantity. I did not have hundreds of hours to list, but I felt that the volunteer work I did was extremely meaningful to me. Try to convey the impact of your work in the essays. It would also help to emphasize your leadership role in those volunteer activities.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>I’m really excited that we can support one another as the deadline approaches in two months.</p>
<p>I was told even though juniors and seniors apply last summer was the first team juniors were selected. Im happy I applied last year. Unfortunately i don’t have any of my prompt answers from my application last year, but i think im a much stronger applicant. Im applying to the Detroit Market.</p>
<p>Hey everyone. I’m a senior guy from the Chicago area. Does anybody know how the competition is out there? People who have been: Please share your experience!!!</p>
<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I’m very excited and would really like to be a part of this program, but, I am required to take summer college classes at the local community college for my school. I would be taking 2 classes for a few hours a day, 3 times a week. </p>
<p>Do you know the hours the internship normally runs each day/week?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I am a senior in high school and I think I will apply for this program, but I was wondering what you could tell me about the Washington, DC trip section of this program. Was it a very regimented and strict week there, or were you allowed relative freedom? This obviously wouldn’t affect my decision to apply, but it would be nice to not be treated like a child for a week.</p>
<p>angelicak13, the internships are pretty much 9 to 5 type jobs. If you needed a day or two off, that could be accomodated, but you’re not going to be able to fit the internship in with your summer coursework. Sorry it’s not going to work for you for this summer.</p>
<p>SanDeezy, the DC program is heavily programmed and scheduled. Keep in mind that most of the participants are under 18, so people aren’t going to be given free time to go around DC on their own. That said, my older daughter (who was an intern last summer) had a good time during the week–and she was an 18 year old high school grad who’d been to DC twice before. There are lectures, tours of the city, leadership skills sessions, some volunteer work, meetings with some of your state’s congressional members, and some parties and banquets.</p>
<p>correct me if i’m wrong but there were 6600 applicants and 230 student leaders??
so like an acceptance rate of 3.5 %? x_______x</p>
<p>@anjelicak13</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation during my internship. I simply shifted my classes to the evening ones, so I would work from 8:30-4:00ish and then go to class from 6:00-9:00 PM.</p>
<p>Yes, the person that posted above is right–the internship lasts from 9 to 5 every weekday, but in my market we got 4 paid days off for the summer that you could choose to use however you like. I chose to use mine to stay in DC for an extra few days beyond the Summit and then go to NYC right after with my mom!
As for doing summer classes, that would be difficult, but not impossible if you are willing to do them at night. Many days I would go straight from my internship (and I would get home at around 6:30 because my commute was long) and then go straight to my other job and work until about 11. It was tiring, but not impossible.
The DC Summit is very regimented and structured because there were 230 of us and they needed to keep track of everyone. There were planned group meetings every day, followed by seminars and tours of the city, then more group meetings. We really only got free time at lunch, breakfast, and for an hour at night (the dinners were usually during speeches, etc.) That being said, the week is still awesome! You get to hear speeches from authors and other public figures. We got to hear a speech from a former presidential photographer that won the Pulitzer Prize and then got to meet and hear a speech from author Wes Moore. You also get a chance to go and meet with your representatives (my group got to meet with 2 reps, some groups met with one.) The week is awesome and you get to do a lot of things that you normally wouldn’t get to do if you were on your own.</p>
<p>@loljk1123, yes the acceptance rate last year was somewhere around 3 percent. It is very selective but the group is very tight-knit and the program is a great thing to be a part of. We all still talk and the program looks great on college apps!</p>
<p>For the working bit, I assume that the 8 weeks is following the Conference thing in D.C.
I’m currently a junior and my school starts mid-August. Can someone please explain the internship for me please? Like, were there people who got in that didn’t do an internship? Or most of the people did both?</p>
<p>The leadership is usually somwhere in the middle of your internship, but it depends on when you start/end your school year. For example, my internship started the first week of June (when school got out for me) and lasted until the last week of July. The DC trip was mid-July (I think). I start school in mid-August, so it didn’t conflict with anything. The local Bank of America people take into consideration how your school year is scheduled and try to work around that. </p>
<p>Basically, you will be working at the non-profit for 7 weeks, and in DC for 1 week. Since you get paid while in DC, it counts as a week of your “internship.”</p>
<p>I really appreciated the Bank of America program because they do their best to work with you on scheduling issues. They made it possible for me to work, compete at 2 other competitions, AND take a physics class in the evening. Because the program is local (unlike TASP or SSP), there’s a lot more flexibility, not to mention the valuable hands-on experiences you’ll gain by working at a non-profit.</p>
<p>So, I’m aware of how shallow this will make me sound. And I do want to participate in this for the community service/leadership experience. But, I have a friend in DC, and I live in San Diego. Needless to say, we pretty much never get to see each other. Since this week in DC is heavily regimented, would that not allot me any time to spend with my friend? If not, I could always use the four days that billikens referenced, but it would be nice to do both. (Assuming, of course, that I was accepted)</p>
<p>That’s not shallow, it’s a perfectly reasonable question to ask! I don’t think you can know in advance. In my D1’s market, there wasn’t any formal arrangement about having four paid days off. That seems to vary from market to market–maybe even from nonprofit to nonprofit within the same market. I had no idea that there was so much variation in how this gets handled within the program. </p>
<p>Definitely apply and then see if it’s possible.</p>
<p>Hey guys, just a couple of quick questions because I was looking into the program, but did not find the information I was hoping for. What’re the districts? What are the weeks it would run during? Can anyone give a description of what it is, other than that on the website? If you could help, that’d be great thanks :)</p>