<p>anything special? or is anyone able to go? </p>
<p>has anyone gone before?</p>
<p>Are you talking about the National Young Leadership conference sponsored by teh Congressional Youth Leadership Council? Because if you are, i had the same question.</p>
<p>Those programs are offered to almost every college bound kid in high school. The consensus is that they are fun to attend and wil be interesting if it relates to a career you might pursue, but they are worthless in the eyes of college admissions.</p>
<p>so are they lying when they say that its offered to less than one percent of the "high achieving young" population in the country?</p>
<p>Yeah, pretty much. lol</p>
<p>Well, they dont have to be. You just need to examine their definition of a high achieving student.</p>
<p>probably every kid who intends to graduate high school.</p>
<p>the thing i got wasn't from the congressional youth leadership council. it was some official looking military dude's letter.</p>
<p>but it's similar probably. and on the website, they have "real people stories".</p>
<p>the people who got "nominated" were like in their local newspaper or something.</p>
<p>i'll prolly check with my guidance counselor or teachers.</p>
<p>I was invited to attend, and I have a 2.8GPA, 21 ACT, so I guess you can say pretty much anyone gets it.</p>