<p>Is the Junior Statesmen of America summer program a good summer program?</p>
<p>Any alumni willing to comment on:
1) is it a "good" program to put on college app?
2) did you have fun and/or learn?</p>
<p>My parents are pressuring me to do it, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>I attended the JSA Stanford Summer School and it’s definitely worth it. The friends I made there are really life-long friends, I still contact them. I took Speech Communication and AP Gov and it’s not easy. I had to write bi-daily essays and presentations for speech, and we had weekly tests, a midterm, and a research paper that was about 10+ pgs for gov. There’s also going to be guest lectures from some very prominent people in both the business world and in politics. Although it may seem like you won’t have any free time, you’ll have plenty of free time to mingle with the people on your floor and from your class, there’re also fun activities like dances each weekend. You definitely won’t regret it if you go to any of the JSA summer schools. And yes, it does look good on your college app.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks for the info.</p>
<p>I guess it’s worth applying.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the Georgetown JSA summer school is a party atmosphere? I don’t want to be around a lot of drinking and smoking, just wondering based on your experiences.</p>
<p>ive actually been wondering the same thing. i got into governor’s school but while i havent heard back from JSA someone there told me im likely to get in. so ive been unsure because i think JSA will be more interesting, but not sure if its actually good. i mean they could just market it as competitive and thne competitve students will want to apply. </p>
<p>how competitive is it to get in?</p>
<p>from what i’ve heard from friends in JSA, the summer school at georgetown is the most difficult one of all 4 summer schools. i heard that they had a great constitutional law professor there. although it’s difficult, there’s probably plenty of fun during the entire program - and no, i doubt you’ll have to deal with drugs and alcohol.</p>
<p>today i got an email from them saying that they expanded becuase there were so many “qualified applicants.” this makes my gut feeling that it is less competitive rather than more. but maybe i am reading too much into that.</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump? :)</p>
<p>Disclaimer: Take my advice with a grain of salt, for I am a student like you.</p>
<p>In all honesty, it’s not hard to get into. I went to a similar (albeit different) program at Georgetown and I met some of the JSA kids who were there at the same time–they said they didn’t think it was that prestigious.</p>
<p>I think with a lot of these less prestigious programs it comes down to what you make of them and what you take away from your summer–if you enjoy it and love every minute of your experience, then it’s worth it. At my summer program I got to explore Georgetown and meet many of the professors, and through that I realized that I LOVED the school and would love to go there in a few years. :)</p>
<p>I went to Gerogetown session one just this past summer and took IR, and yes, it’s worth it. Considering every aspect, the people, experience, academics, debate, connections, and what not, it will probably be the best summer you’ve ever experienced and you should go!</p>
<p>^That’s weird…so was I. I probably know you well haha!</p>
<p>My year, JSA Stanford took 120 out of over 800 applicants. To me, thats competitive. It was super hard work, but it was so worth it, and I loved my time there.</p>
<p>Do it!</p>
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<p>I would say so, although I haven’t applied myself anywhere. But regardless, going to JSA after extensive involvement at your school’s JSA or starting a JSA chapter at your school’s got to show a decent amount of ‘dedication’.
To further back myself up, most of the JSA alumni I know who applied to top colleges were accepted to and now attend top colleges (1 Harvard, 3-4 NYU, 1 UC Berkeley, 1 UPenn, etc., just as a small sample of the people in my debate workshop and class). Of course, they were smart before JSA and surely would’ve regardless gone somewhere great, but, well, you get the idea.</p>
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<p>YES. I mean literally, the experience changed my life. I made many, many, many revelations at JSA Princeton about myself and politics. I don’t feel the need to say any more…</p>
<p>I was actually wondering the same thing? did you end up going… how was it?</p>