<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I was wondering what the quality of the Governor School in North Carolina was. Has anybody here had any experiences at the school? Is it a worthwhile six weeks? Also, how does Governor's School look on college applications? This is purely a question, as if I do decide to apply and/or attend the school, it will be out of my own interest in it, not the desire to use it on my college applications.</p>
<p>I always thought any Governor's School was good.</p>
<p>NC Governor's School is the original one for the entire nation. It is looked upon most favorably by college admissions counselors. My daughter attended in 2003 and would say that prior to college, it was the best experience of her life. It exposes all of the attendees to many different schools of thought on a myriad of topics, many of which are quite controversial. Because the students are among others in their intellectual group, they greatly benefit from the interaction with other intelligent kids. They learn to question their personal values and to be more accepting of different ideas and philosophies. Don't go, however, if it is just for the college application. Attend if it is really what you want to do. It is a very worthwhile six weeks for those who truly "love learning for the sake of learning."</p>
<p>If you're interested in science or math, check out Summer Ventures instead. I did it instead of Gov. School, and I absolutely loved it. I only spent one day a week inside the classroom; the rest of the week we were out in the field (along the Blue Ridge Parkway). You study one subject in depth, and you develop your own research project. You do activities in addition to academics; I went white water rafting, caving, canoeing, etc. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.summerventures.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.summerventures.org/</a></p>
<p>the application deadlines are Jan 31. At what date do you get notified of the decisions?</p>
<p>I wish I was nominated for Governor's School, but apparently you have to be active in sports AND be academically gifted to go. Sigh. I hope NOT attending the NC Governor's School does not look bad on my college app.</p>
<p>tasp vs. governor's school? which is better or more prestigious? i would go for gov. school</p>
<p>i think that the gov school and tasp are equally prestigious...although tasp covers the whole nation i'm not sure how many pp they take...gov school take only a very small body of students...so competitive-wise i think they are the same...although there is only one tasp and many state gov schools, gov schools usually offer more specific areas of study...i'm not sure if tasp is like that....hope that helped</p>
<p>My friends (music, dance, math, all sorts of disciplines) LOVED it. They ended up at great colleges. Coincidence? I think not.
I don't know if it's as prestigious as TASP but both are hard to get into--get into both and THEN compare!</p>
<p>I believe they send out acceptance to Summer Ventures on April 1. My son applied and is hoping to get in.</p>
<p>now for Governor's School of NC, do we have to be elected by our school?</p>
<p>tasp is def. more prestigious.. i wouldn't dream of applying b/c the acceptance rate is less than 10%..which is why i applied to nj gov school</p>
<p>After reading your article, I certainly understand why you found it "appalling", but I doubt many would share your outrage. The silliness about defunding all public education goes right to the heart of your belief system and makes clear the basis of your objections.</p>
<p>No offense, but you went in 1982. Twenty-six years ago. Programs change and evolve over almost thirty years.</p>
<p>Although your description didn't seem bad, and it seemed in line with what most chaperoned summer programs offer.</p>
<p>I applied in November but I hope I don't get in that way I can do a Drexel Summer Biomedical internship. I kinda don't really want to go especially since I'm applying to NCSSM and thats too much to be away during the summer and school year.</p>
<p>I think that it is a great way for kids to be exposed to other ways of thinking, having a somewhat structured environment gives them the opportunity to stretch their wings but not to get into too much trouble and to try and gain new strengths and interests that they may not have had the time or exposure to in school. It was a great experience for my son. It is very well thought of in NC.</p>
<p>I had been nominated for Governors school for NC im not sure how i was nominated but I do know that I am a very good at math and made a 4 on my honors chenmistry EOC in fact i was the only one to make a 4. I also go to a highschool college programm were i get 2 years of college and 4 years of highschool in 5 years but i will probobly be graduating in 4 im a junior and i really want to go because i have i know some else who went what are the odds of me getting in since i was nominated.</p>
<p>NC Gov’s School is easily one of the best in the nation (up there with NJ, I believe). It’s fairly hard to get into, since you have to take an aptitude test, be >92 percentile on EOCs in your subject area (which isn’t that hard for CCers, I’m sure, but that’s only the prereq for the program, not a defining factor in whether you get in), beastly recs and essays, etcetc. </p>
<p>To whomever said you had to be good at sports, not true! At all.</p>
<p>At my school, a fairly good NC public school, 2/6?8? got in last year. Our val was rejected, so it’s not a program based only on grades or even ECs (hers are impressive). I would venture to say from that anecdotal evidence that it’s essay-based (you write two essays I believe) rather than stat-based, not unlike TASP. As to which is more selective, hard to say. TASP has a larger pool of people applicants, and for the most part, I think TASPlicants are self-selected, since it doesn’t advertise broadly. But Gov’s School is by no means inferior. Clearly, it’s hard to get into, and I’ve heard only raves about it from people who’ve attended in the past. Competitive colleges are aware of this, though of course you could make the same correlation does not equal causation argument people make about TASP–that is, the qualifications that got you into Gov’s School make you a good candidate for top schools, not that Gov’s School gets you into top colleges. But for whatever reason, the last girl to graduate from my school went to Gov’s School and Harvard. She was also black and our val, so draw your own conclusions. Experience-wise, however, I’ve heard it parallels none.</p>
<p>NC Governor’s school isn’t free this year. They just started charging 500$ for tuition, that sucks.</p>
<p>I’m a junior in high school in upstate NY who is considering UNC as my #1 and I was wondering if you have to be from NC in order to attend Governor’s School…</p>