<p>How much would attending the NJ Governor's School help on a Princeton application? Has anyone gone before? I'm just not sure I want to give up such a significant portion of my summer.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I know a lot of people here that went to their state's governor's school. However, that is not to say that you need that to get in - I, for one, was not chosen by my school to even be able to apply to governor's school, and I'm here.</p>
<p>A good portion of NJGS scholars matriculate at great colleges, but that doesn't mean that the program is what got them in. Like most other "prestigious" programs, the relationship between participation and college admissions is correlation, not neccessarily causation. </p>
<p>That being said, NJGS is an amazing experience. Which one do you have in mind?</p>
<p>I was considering the science program at Drew. The courses look amazing and I was really interested in the neuroscience class. What is the application process like?</p>
<p>I attended Governor's School for Engineering and Technology while I was in high school. The entire Gov school program is great (and free!) and you should definitely consider doing it. The application process is different for different schools, but most of the time you have chosen or nominated by your school. If you are, you fill out an application (grades, psat scores, couple essays), which gets sent to the county (some of the gov schools might have done away with this part), and then to final selection. I know that in recent years, there has been funding issues, so that the programs have been cut shorter/fewer people. Regardless, it's a lot of fun, a lot of work, and an awesome way to spend your summer. </p>
<p>Agreed with the above posters about gov school and college admissions. MANY people who went to gov school go to top schools. For engineering there was something like 8 at MIT, 9 at Princeton, a gazillion at Cornell, you get the idea. But correlation doesn't imply causation, and it's most likely because the people who get into gov school are good college applicants anyways.</p>