<p>I got this invite to a National Young Leaders State Conference, and I don't know why. It somehow knows one of my teachers from last year's name (7th grade) and it says he nominated me. I was wondering if a lot of other people got this as well? Is it a good thing? Or is it a scam?</p>
<p>P.S. I have also gotten a handwritten Christmas card from Loomis like a month ago and I didn't submit a request to them. Could this be related?</p>
<p>Loomis and this… NYLSC are in it together! …go check you’re credit again…</p>
<p>bwoo ha ha</p>
<p>lol they must be stalking me! bwoo ha ha</p>
<p>i got one like this last year, and this year I was invited to attend the national conference, we need significant scholarship but the deadline is long before we receive the invitation letter, so I couldn’t go. It’s not of great significance</p>
<p>Oh, I don’t I really want to know. I’m kind of creeped out that they knew who my teacher was though. Thanks for the response!</p>
<p>I just looked this up, as my middle child just received something from this organization: [Congratulations</a>! You Are Nominated. Its an Honor. (Its a Sales Pitch.)](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/leadership-t.html]Congratulations”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/leadership-t.html).</p>
<p>OMG!! This is not a FREAKING scam!!! I went and my teacher actually did nominate me. It was the one of the BEST 4 days of my life!! It was really intense and SOOO much fun. We stayed in this 5 star hotel and I made some really good friends that I still talk to them all the time today. If you can PLEASE do go, it will be a GREAT experience. I got invited to the National Conference in DC for next year and Im going. These things give you so many opportunities, like when I go next year I get to go to meet the press, and meet one of our state legislators, and tour capital hill, and if I go for the Global one in 2011 or so I might go to China and all this other great stuff. I see stuff about this being a scam all the time and it really makes me mad because it was an amazing experience for me, please do your best to NOT pass this up. If you have any questions, feel free to pm me, im a huge advocate for this thing. :D</p>
<p>My daughter went to one last December and I was reluctant to spend the money, but a friend of ours went and said it was a great experience. My daughter did go and had a blast. She would love to go again, but can’t because of being away. Basically everyone I know that has participated in it has had a great experience.</p>
<p>Thank you sk8!!! I’m not alone!!! :D</p>
<p>So it’s not a scam…</p>
<p>It’s not a scam in the sense that it can be a worthwhile experience but it is not at all exclusive and it is expensive. TONS of kids get invited to go. Between my 2 kids, we’ve received at least 6 “invitations” (more like marketing pieces) over the past year.</p>
<p>No its not a scam at all. I thought it was way to expensive at first, but when I got there I realized why. Everybody gets a handbook so they have to pay for supplies (including name tags), and they have to pay instructors, they have to pay all the support staff, and they have to pay for a TON of kids (over 200 at least) in a 5-star hotel, pay for all the gourmet meals, pay for all the invites they send, then for the national conference they have to pay to let all those kids onto capitol for the tours and everything, etc. Then for the Global conference the opportunites are INSANE. Like they pay for your airfare to China or New York, the Dance/ Banquet on a cruise on the last night, touring the great wall or the terracota army, the accomodations, etc. They have alot of expensive. And alot of kids might get in because the requirements are pretty low, your just have to get recommended by a teacher and have a B average and/or 3.5 gpa or something. But just because its not exclusive doesn’t mean its not an amazing oportunity. I was talking to my dad afterward and he said that some of the stuff we were learning was stuff he was taught when he was getting his masters in leadership and management. So this stuff is really educational. It really makes me mad when people who have never experienced this program, write it off as a scam or a joke because alot of kids get in, alot of invitations get sent, and it costs alot of money. I mean its all over the internet, but those people saying nasty things about the program have never been and have no right.</p>
<p>Sorry for ranting and I’m not trying to attack you creative1 or anybody else, I just want to make people understand what a great opportunity this is, :)</p>
<p>are you sure?? i’ve got leadership conference invites (several different programs every year) since 5th grade…national junior leadership conference, people to people, junior national student leadership conference, congressional student leadership conference…you name it-ive been invited…seems like a sales pitch to me, though it is probably a great experience for those that attend…</p>
<p>yes SCAM they are for profit agency that buys your child’s information and direct markets them, they do not care who you are as long as you can pay, check out their charitable status, will not find it look for annual profit report , that you will find. or just call and they will have lots of fancy side stepping before they tell you the truth. I would not want my child in the hands of someone who totally misrepresents what they are.</p>
<p>Is being nominated by a teacher the only way to get into these programs…they actually sound really fun</p>
<p>Polodolly, you probably can add yourself to the lists (with parental assist). Google the various programs and have your parents email or call. These youth programs are not a “scam”. They just are not that special in terms of being an “honor”. Teachers do nominate students, but there are other ways that they get names too. If your parents will let you travel, you can go to some interesting places. A few years ago on a family trip to France, we ran into People to People students in quite a few of the places we visited. They were led by teachers, and were visiting a lot of the places that one would like to see on a trip to France.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! will do</p>
<p>It is not a scam. It is a leadership training seminar if you will that has wonderful educational opportunities. At my son’s school only two kids per grade are nominated in grades 5-7 and there are need based scholarships. My son went for free except for transporation. He spent a week in DC and toured the various areas of capital while learning history and leadership skills. He had a great time. He received a letter on behalf of congress stating his nomination and I thought it was awesome. Saying it is a scam is like saying the presidential education awards they give to 5th graders are a scam. Those are based on your academics, this is based on your potential leadership skills. It’s not a scam. It is recognition that your child is leadership material and he/she should feel good about it. Be proud of the nomination even if you can’t go!</p>
<p>I’ve gotten invitations to a couple of those things, but my parents wouldn’t let me go.</p>
<p>I feel rejected now. Everyone seems to have been invited and I havn’t. Mabye its cause I live near DC</p>