<p>Hello fellow forumers. Just recently I attended a program hosted by the American Legion called Boy's State. It is a weeklong simulation of the politics involved in running a state on the city, county, and state level. Throughout the program, I was told by counselors to include this event on my resume because colleges look upon it favorably.
My question is how much value would Boy's State have as an extracurricular compared to other prestigious awards?</p>
<p>I attended a similar program....im curious about this also</p>
<p>Well I went to NJ Boys' State and I put it on my application, and I think it's sort of valuable considering that only eight kids from out school are selected to go, and it's a generally recognized program by colleges and since you don't have to pay you know it's not a "scam" program [I use scam lightly because it depends on how much you obtained from this program though they really don't demonstrate much on an application], but yeah, I mean it was always good when I had to share on an application what I had done the previous summer, and I could be like, Look I was active, so I guess it also works in that respect. But overall I think it's just one of those nice things to have, though if you made it to Boys' Nation or you were governor at Boys' State then that's definitely something to brag about. Personally, I had only been an EBO so it was really worth mentioning, but I hope you enjoyed your experinece because I sort of hated it, but oh well it's been done for over a year now.</p>
<p>I attended Boys State in Ohio, and I'm sort of wondering about this as well. The way I see it, at the very least colleges will look favorably on your doing something and learning something during the summer. Also, if you wrote essays about it or did something significant while there, I think it would definitely help.</p>
<p>At very least, it will show you weren't a bum all summer, which colleges will appreciate. Beyond that, it's value is really what you make it. The more you emphasize it in your application (essays, etc.), the more colleges will care about it. Just listing that you attended probably won't have much meaning admissions wise.</p>
<p>Boys' State is as important as you make it look on your application. I attended the 2005 CA Boys' State and I was pretty involved and wrote about it extensively in my activity list. I had to go through a selective process to have the opportunity to attend the program. Stressing that fact is important. Any positions you may have obtained while at Boys' State are definitely worth mentioning.</p>
<p>Boys' State is VERY good. I went to Girls' State last year and my counselor told us that even on her job resumes (she is 26 and now has her own law firm) she still puts Girls' State on it because it is VERY impressive. This is her exact words, "People will move mountains for you because you were in Girls' State." Even if they don't know what it is at first, when you explain it to them, they will be impressed.</p>