<p>I'm a junior who was one of the 10% of students accepted into the Govenor's School for my state and I'm super excited (and kind of nervous)!</p>
<p>If anyone knows, what is the whole experience like? Do you make friends? Is it extremely difficult? Do you have freedom to explore the city you're in?</p>
<p>Can you get special scholarships for going to a Govenor's School?</p>
<p>Does going to Govenor's School help you get into college? Does it increase your chance of the Ivy League? Govenor's School is pretty competitive so does being accepted mean you're one of the smartest kids in your state?</p>
<p>First of all you posted in the wrong section</p>
<p>Lets throw out the bomb
No it wont help you unless you are willing to give in everything and pour it all in. Being the best in your current school makes you mediocre in top tier boarding schools. No matter where you go there will always be people above you and below you, and by no means because you got accepted to Governor’s makes you the “smartest of the state”, if that was true then it would infer that everyone who doesn’t attend Gov. is inferior and “not smart”. </p>
<p>About scholarships. Scholarships are hard and you aren’t the only one going for it, you’ve gotta understand that. Just think, if Governor’s does offer (I’m not quite sure but I highly doubt) a college scholarship why would they choose you? There are hundreds of students just like you waiting to receive the relief. No you will not automatically get a “special” scholarship.</p>
<p>Just going to the school and being the best in the schools is different, you’ve always gotta push yourself and yes I do admire you for challenging the heights but the misconceptions are hard to leave out.</p>
<p>Wow! What a negative response. Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed. My son also got into governors honors. YES, you ARE one of the brightest kids in your state, or you would not have been chosen. Whether or not you will get a scholarship off of it depends I guess on what you do. It obviously will look great on your resume for the colleges. I know my son is really excited as you should be. I have heard really great things about these programs from friends that have gone and they all agree it is a life changing, fun experience. There are no grades, so go, enjoy yourself and don’t stress out over it. Congrats!! </p>
<p>I went to a governor’s school program last year (science). It was a wonderful experience. To answer your questions:</p>
<p>1) I was placed in a lab at my state flagship and conducted an experiment. This may vary depending on your state and which program you were selected to attend. I had to write a paper, make a poster, give a presentation, etc. at the conclusion of the program.</p>
<p>2) I made a ton of friends, even though I am normally a very shy person.</p>
<p>3) Difficult, yes. Although it is very rewarding…</p>
<p>4) none of the students in my program were allowed to leave the campus except on supervised trips. This may vary as well.</p>
<p>5) there are special scholarships sometimes, but they are often few and far between.</p>
<p>6) I’m guessing it does help with college admissions. The student that worked in the lab I did (the year prior to my gov school experience) was accepted to Brown.</p>
<p>7) yes, it does mean you are one if the smartest in the state. The RA’s last year constantly reminded us that we were the state’s best and needed to act as such (they were really strict and had a lot of dumb rules, but I guess I see their point…)</p>
<p>I was really nervous before I got there, too. After meeting a few of my “classmates”, I felt right at home. It’s a great program and I’m sure you will enjoy it! I will be attending my state’s program again this year (in the engineering program) since students can go twice (this may also vary by state). </p>