<p>I really need help! I got this letter in the mail about the national youth leadership forum on medicine. I am a sophomore and am aspiring to be a pediatrician. I don't know if this is wrth $2000. Before that I got a letter for a trip to Europe. What do I choose.</p>
<p>that stuff is rlly not necessary..i got that too last yr..and i asked my guidance counseler at school about it...and u have to pay for it...just get good grades</p>
<p>anyone who can afford to pay the grands can go...
not prestigious at all</p>
<p>I've been to Europe, and I've gotten letters from NYLF. I say, go with Europe. NYLF is fun, I guess, if you really have the money, but it won't help in college admission at all.</p>
<p>I got a lot of financial aid for it so it cost me $200 ($300 plane ride) and I think it was SO worth it. I went to Boston and got to visit Harvard Med from 9am - 3 pm (others went to Tufts, Brown, etc.) and got to speak with 4 Harvard Med students .. really enlightening. </p>
<p>Also, I found out so much about what it means to be a doctor, and without attending this program I doubt I would have this much interest in becoming a research scientist & doctor. Also made great friends and I had one of the best summers in my life.</p>
<p>I didn't like it that much. Most of my drive to be a research scientist/doctor comes from years of Biology and Science classes. NYLF doesn't do much. A lot of the things there I found you could do on your own like visiting med schools. Some things were irrelevant. The Public Health stuff was interesting. Harvard is SO OVERRATED. In case you didn't know, the chances of going to a med school is 50% and this is ANY MED SCHOOL. Harvard shouldn't be the reason you want to be a doctor. Greed is no motivation to be a doctor. That's not the point. These greedy doctors are teh people driving up health insurance OMG. </p>
<p>Do it cuz you want to. Don't do it cuz of prestige. I don't personally recommend the program unless you have $3000+ to throw around and you have nothing better to do. </p>
<p>Finan aid by the way is like nonexistent and only available via corporate sponsors. Chilling at a lab>NYLF.</p>
<p>thanks guys you really helped. i'm just not going to go to nylf bc it is way too expensive for me. I don't think i'm going to europe either bc it is 6000 dollars</p>
<p>I went, but if you can apply for a scholarship.
That's what I did...because there's no way my family could have afforded to have me go otherwise.</p>
<p>Cold you please share where and how you applied to such scholarships?</p>
<p>Call NYLF and ask them. You'll need an application and a strong letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>I got a full ride last year to the session in Houston. I loved it! It was very inspiring and enlightening, indeed.</p>
<p>NYLF walks a fine line between being a scam and a positive experience. In all cases they use marketing practices that I find purposely deceptive. They make statements about schorship funds being available which I found to be misleading. They put out an effort to make the child feel special and they prey upon that to generate profit. There is no question that the programs are over priced, but, the actual experience for the child, appears to be mediocre to good based upon my research. The positive side seems to be interaction between the attendees and not the programs themselves. I made the mistake of providing a deposit, and, a couple of days later had to withdraw do to financial hardship, they flatly refused to refund any monies, and it is in the fine print, but it gives you an idea of the focus; this was months in advance to the program taking place. And, if you follow the trail of their business organization and the programs that the administrators have been involved in the past, its clear that it is about the money. There are better ways of spending your money to gain the same results.</p>