Posted on 11/23/2004 3:53:13 PM PST by blackdog
Does anyone here at FR have any experience with this program that my daughter has been selected for application? She was nominated for it based on her grade GPA and leadership qualities. It's got a list of alumni that's mighty powerful and impressive. We have to respond on December 5th.
Thanks in advance for anyone's comments who may be familiar with the program. And no Monica Lewynski jokes. This one is my daughter.
Looks very formal and exclusive, but fine print does not identify the "selection" method nor nominator - and it seems to be major bucks. Seems to imply this leads to a career at DIA/CIA/NSA.
We threw it away - son is fielding offers from fine colleges for academic/athletic stipends anyway.
I imagine your daughter is, too.
The school seems to be working very hard on her behalf and I don't want them to think we don't value the hard work they've been doing on assisting with her future. She's got a few academic scholarships that have been offered to her at places she's really not that keen on.
Thanks for your comments. I got the impression it was heavy on the fluff factor too.
How much $$$ do they want? Sounds like a possible scam to me.
Alumni listed include a lot of liberal pukes as well as a few decent folk.
My daughter did this program, the legislative one, not the defense one. I don't think it is super exclusive, but you do have to be nominated by your school to participate. My daughter's teachers (who were very good) encouraged it as a resume builder. It was rather costly (about $1500.00 I think) but due to some good circumstances we were able to afford it without a big pinch.
The program is totally on the up and up, very classy really. The kids stay at the 4-H convention center in Maryland, which is the only convention center in the nation specifically designed for young people. My daughter really enjoyed it VERY MUCH and so did the other participants. She is currently attending college in Virigina, did this program help her get in? We'll never really know, but I'm sure you could say it didn't hurt.
My daughter is very friendly and outgoing, so things like this are easy for her. Was it worth the money? I can't really answer that either, our travel costs were low, and the "value" of the program would vary so much from person to person. It is a good experience of being away from home and gives you a good taste of life in our nation's capital city. Had it been a financial struggle to send her we would not have done it and I'm sure she wouldn't be any worse off for that. But she did really enjoy it and met some very nice, very clean cut kids, and had a great deal of fun.
Feel free to freepmail me if you want to ask anything off the thread.
Jocon's Reply says it all.
I knew there would be someone else here at FR that had some experience with this. Thanks again!
"...it will get her away from the farm a bit and exposed to some other big fish. She thinks she's trophy size and needs a little redux."
LOL! Oh yes, your daughter sounds like mine alright! Just be prepared, the other big fish might not cut her down, they might just build her up further, all in good fellowship, you know!
But isn't that what made America great?
'Tis
I don't really understand "where" my kid came from, but she's a good 'un. And giving her any opportunity has been a pleasure, that I will say.
They're our kids, our hope, our future. It's been a great priviledge to to part of it all.
Give your daughter a big "high five" from me, I have NO DOUBT she'll do well at whatever she does.
That should come in handy for a female cadet at the Air Force Academy.
At least a nasty look from her dad still puts her in her place.......She can hold her own with the Tailhook crowd. She's been flippin sheep since she was eight. It's the psychological maturity and refinement she needs. I thought this might be the thing.
She sounds like just what the Air Force Academy needs!
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