peresich
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My 12 year old just got a letter "inviting" him to attend a Lead American conference this summer. The options are either for a Leadership conference that are being held at George Washington University, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, DePaul or Columbia or a Medicine and Science conference that are being held at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, UCLA or DePaul. These are all 5-10 day conferences that cost around $3000 not counting travel and incidentals.
Has anyone had any experience with these conferences? I have read reviews online and some say they are great, some say they are a scam for money. I am sure that it is a money making scheme, but I can live with that if I am investing $3000 in my son's future. If I am wasting it to send him to a glorified summer camp then I can find a better way to spend it.
The letter claims that he was recommended by a teacher at his school. My wife and I are going to talk to her next week when she returns from a field trip to D.C. My understanding is that these groups get children's names from services and use teacher's names to make the invitations sound more official.
Has anyone had any experience with these conferences? I have read reviews online and some say they are great, some say they are a scam for money. I am sure that it is a money making scheme, but I can live with that if I am investing $3000 in my son's future. If I am wasting it to send him to a glorified summer camp then I can find a better way to spend it.
The letter claims that he was recommended by a teacher at his school. My wife and I are going to talk to her next week when she returns from a field trip to D.C. My understanding is that these groups get children's names from services and use teacher's names to make the invitations sound more official.
