National student leadershop conference?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Today I got this in the mail, but why? It says that "based on your academic achievements and demonstrated leadership potential..." but that's not true. My GPA is like 3.3/3.6 (unweighted/weighted) and my grades aren't outstanding (like 55% A's 40% B's 5% C's) and I've never really been a leader so I don't know how I "demonstrated leadership potential."</p>

<p>Is this a scam like that Congressional Youth Leadership thing: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/885841-help-congresstional-youth-leadership-council-what-i-dont-even.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/885841-help-congresstional-youth-leadership-council-what-i-dont-even.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>'Tis a scam, my friend.</p>

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<p>Then how come people fall for it?</p>

<p>:p</p>

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<p>Because they think its for special people only and it’ll look amazing on their college apps or whatever.</p>