<p>does/has anyone successfully done debate up in the state and national level and got into some top schools. and how did it help ur overall app. thanks</p>
<p>I do debate and am a senior. It does help as long as you stick with it. Some of my friends in debate currently attend Yale, Northwestern, GWU, Harvard, Duke..ect.</p>
<p>what kind of other activities did u do or your friends? thx</p>
<p>I do oratory. and my friends who I alluded to did extemp (placed at nationals-goes to Yale as did the one at GW), My friend at Northwestern did congress. Any event looks good as long as you stick with debate. It's a great extra curricular to have.</p>
<p>outside of debate I personally hold leadership positions in other clubs as well (national english honors society, history club, relay for life, young dem) but most of them didn't do much outside of debate)</p>
<p>The two debaters at finals for nationals last year went to Georgetown (1st) and Yale (2nd). I personally lost to the person who won nationals last year, he lives in the same vicinity that I do. The winner the year before that at nationals I saw at our state. And the winner of the national debate tournament before that was from the school down the street.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm a sophomore and I'm really having fun doing CX. I was just wondering if it was smart in the whole scheme of things to continue a REALLY time consuming activity like CX. I feel I can get pretty good at this. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore and I'm doing LD. I know this guy who did LD and Extemp through his high school career and made nationals, ended up being accepted to Stanford.</p>
<p>Beast Mode. Did he win state? and what else did he do, stats, etc. Thanks for knowledge :D</p>
<p>Of the five people who enrolled at Harvard and the five people enrolled at Yale from my high school, every single one was involved in either speech or debate. Both Stanford guys too.</p>
<p>I imagine you'd have to be genuinely intelligent to excel at speech and debate.</p>
<p>It's a strong plus if you do.</p>
<p>One student I know who got into Stanford in the early round was involved in debate from ninth grade on, and has won a major tournament and competed in the national Tournament of Champions. He likes debate, and evidently the Stanford admission committee likes him.</p>
<p>It can help you, and yes I know one of my school's star ones got into Harvard and Princeton [now at Harvard]. However, not unless you really win some stuff.</p>
<p>does anyone know about Model United Nations in CC?</p>
<p>how can ppl discuss "debate" as an EC n not MUN?</p>
<p>bump bump...</p>
<p>plus I was wondering what else these Harvard, Stanford acceptances did besides debate.</p>
<p>don't let this thread die on me!</p>
<p>Drama, newspaper, sports, yearbook, your usual run-of-the-mill stuff.</p>
<p>Speech and debate were their first and foremost commitment, though,</p>
<p>Tokenadult was the person who are speaking of either Daniel Mourner or Chris Theis or maybe Jake Nebel? Because I don't think many juniors qualified for the TOC last year.</p>
<p>Are you asking about Lincoln-Douglas debate? That's the event my son's friend participates in. His name is not above.</p>
<p>This is a hypothetical question:
What would colleges think about someone who has been involved in extracurricular activities all 4 years of high school, but started Debate in 11th grade and ended up winning lots of awards throughout 11th and 12th grade?</p>
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<li>amazing if you can do it since it really takes hard work....and doing it that fast would be incredible imo</li>
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