<p>I got an email today about the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and it said that I'd be receiving mail about it in the future, but have any of you gone to it? I searched for some other threads about it, and it seems that most people think it's a so-so program, not worth the $2000+ it costs, and doesn't help much on college applications.</p>
<p>So what do you think? Also, any ideas how they got my info? I'm guessing it's from the PSAT, but as this doesn't seem to be a college, I'm not sure...</p>
<p>lol I did, and it’s by teacher nominations, btw. Look it up on CC- clearly it’s not worth it. But the packet was pretty convincing, and I almost ran for the $2000+ cost for them. It was so mean, did you see what they did? One of their sample recs…and to Harvard Admissions, of all places. Along with a shiny gold sticker and a list of your school’s alumni from NYLF. Pffft. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>randomazn14 - Are you serious?! That’s not cool. I haven’t gotten the letter in the mail yet, but I hear it’s pretty lol. Well thanks for telling me!</p>
<p>lol no probs. I think it was created just for desperates like me haha. If you want summer stuff that shines, go for the reputable ones that offer YOU, not that require you to offer to THEM. The real good ones are absolutely free, including living, transport, and certainly don’t need “safety lost luggage recovery fee” like NYLF does. Try looking into stuff like RSI and TASP. ;)</p>
<p>Apart from RSI and TASP, are there any good ones?
I also heard from a few family friends that Johns Hopkins’, Harvard’s, and Stanford’s summer programs help with applications. But it seems here on CC that college programs don’t mean as much, since less achievement-based compared to RSI and TASP. So are those worth it or not?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go as far as claiming it to be scam, but it certainly won’t help your college admission chances. </p>
<p>On the side note, beware that most summer programs using the name of colleges (ex. stanford, columbia…etc) are not actually hosted by the colleges themselves. Most of them are just random companies borrowing certain sections of the campus to make money from the incoming students. Of course, feel free do attend these kinds of “educational” programs if you want, just don’t do them thinking you will have an edge during college application season.</p>
<p>i got the letter from NYLF. im getting all these mixed signals. some people are saying its a waste of time while others liked it. I still haven’t made my mind up if i should go and i don’t know if i should or not.</p>
<p>I dot one for one in February or something, but yeah its way to expensive for my family. Some total idiots at my school got invitations too so I was kind of skeptical.</p>
<p>Minnesotan - I know, same. My dad thinks that it’ll be a good experience and I think someone I know went to it, but CC in general doesn’t recommend it, so I don’t know…</p>
Look it up on CC- clearly it’s not worth it. But the packet was pretty convincing, and I almost ran for the $2000+ cost for them. It was so mean, did you see what they did? One of their sample recs…and to Harvard Admissions, of all places. Along with a shiny gold sticker and a list of your school’s alumni from NYLF. Pffft. :rolleyes:</p>