<p>Hi. My son isn't going to do it--he needs to work this summer--but he was nominated for the 2006 National Student Leadership Conference. I have no idea; is that worth mentioning on a college application? I don't doubt the experience itself is worthwhile, but are so many kids nominated that just being "selected" is not application-worthy?</p>
<p>Definitely not worth mentioning. We throw their stuff in the trash. It is the equivalent of "Who's who" - vanity press to the max!</p>
<p>Yup. It's a scam.</p>
<p>Well, no offense to you two but you are quite ignorant of the program. I actually attended the NSLC Leadership Conference in Washington DC and for me it was a life chaning experience. You go for the experience it provides not to fill up a resume. It was my first chance living on my own, I got a taste of a college experience, and it helped me become a more extroverted individual. It always bothers me when people dimiss these programs as scams because everyone I know who went absoultely loved it. If you have the opportunity go to better yourself--not to "look good" in the eyes of the adcoms. Its pretty sad when people just do things for recognition rather than for themselves.</p>
<p>It's a little bit scam, a little bit real. Essentially, it's a student tour company where you have to get a teacher to agree you should go, then you pay for it. It's not worth mentioning on a college app--it's mostly a paid summer trip.</p>
<p>However, I sent my D on the international studies one, and you do get a) ten day trip to DC at a reasonable cost, b) chance to live on college campus, c) well-organized educational trip with visits to many places hard to get into, d) "good kids" on the trip.</p>
<p>And best of all, I didn't have to go to DC in August for my D to have all that.</p>
<p>Okay I get the picture: going to the conference can be very positive and mean a lot to the right student; the fact of being nominated means very little. My son needs to work all summer, so we'll leave the whole thing off the app. Thanks.</p>