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I don't know what I want to go for, but because of my grades and interest in history, I was nominated to partake in some youth league for those interested in diplomacy and National Security. It's a seminar in Washington D.C and I might go.
And I'd like to think that we're the most interesting pair in the multiverse, personally.
Oh! You mean the National Youth Leadership Forum, by Envision, for National Security? Which includes Diplomacy, Intelligence and Defense?
Yeah, I got that too. I did some background research, and I'm not gonna go, because of several reasons.
A) It's upwards of $2,000, since the entire thing is $1,895, which includes everything BUT travel to DC.
B) Envision, and the NYLF/Envision is a for-profit organization- they send a whole bunch of people the email, not necessarily because you were legitimately nominated. Having it on your resume doesn't really boost you up much, since the main requirement is having the tuition paid.
C) Not much of a good rep. Did some background research, and people have sorta complained about it not being all that focused or beneficial. They'd say that their kid met interesting people and all that, but they didn't do much engineering-related stuff in the Engineering program, and did more sight-seeing than anything. It's a for-profit, basically.
I dunno. I mean, not to make the decision for you, and it looks really nice, but it may not be all that it's cracked up to be.