hey im sarah and ill be going to the 2005 fall DID session from Nov. 1-6th and i was hoping that some of the alumni wouldnt mind possibly talking to me on aim to answer some questions i have my sn is Browneyedgrl158 so if you could that would be great thanks! (oh and just tell me that you went to DID when you IM me thanks!!!)

Hi, there.

how strict were the staff on monitoring the dress code? i bought some cropped pants not knowing that it says they're not allowed...they're nice and dressy, i'll wear heels and such w/ them...any input would be appreciated thanks!

Hi am registering for the spring session and I was wondering if there were still openings for the forum. Thanks Michelle

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Originally posted by michelle:
Hi am registering for the spring session and I was wondering if there were still openings for the forum. Thanks Michelle

That would be a question for the staff (not alumni), so please ask that in Questions for NYLF/DID Staff.

What are cropped pants?

umm......im not an alumni, but, im a girl. haha, cropped pants are like capri pants but a little bit longer. capri pants are cut off below the knee, and cropped are cut off around the ankle, but a bit higher than the ankle. that was quite random, haha.

This has nothing to do with this post, but I'm not sure how to ask a question otherwise..
Okay, I have been invited to the NYLF/DID in the spring 2006. I've never been interested in persuing Defence, intelligence, or diplomacy. I dont know how/why I was nominated, because I have never showed any interest in working for the government or anything, so at first I wasn't going to go this spring. But I just got another letter urging me to go and was talking to my friend who went to the NYLC earlier this year who said it was a great experience.
I'm just wondering if it would be worth going even though I'm not interested in the topic. Thanks in advance for any help! :-)

You will probably want to talk to a Staff member but I'm sure you can change to one of the other Forums (Med, Law, Tech, Nursing). NYLF DID was certainly a great experience, though.

A lot of people in my group at NYLF/DID weren't particularly interested in DID. Even though, you still learn a lot and have an awesome time.

I'm thinking about going, and I'd like more information. Specifically:

Is this just going to be a big recruiting session for the armed forces? I'm a policy wonk, would I fit in?

• In a lot of youth-oriented world issues activities, diplomacy and good sense are left by the wayside. Are people level-headed, or is this just a big war rally (I'm not exactly a Dennis Kucinich peacenik, but I think the military should be a last resort and I'm strongly against the Iraq War, would I be alone in this?)
  
• I'm not really one to do something just because it looks nice on a transcript to get into college, but is this thing really worth missing a bunch of school in terms of helping me out in the future? This forum presents itself as highly prestigious, but from what I can tell, they just let anybody in who can afford the $1,200 to get there (they say they consider even people who weren't nominated [I think they got my name from College Board, because I don't know who would have nominated me] and don't meet the [modest] GPA requirement).
  
• Eh... dress code? I don't mind wearing nice clothes, but it seems pretty pretentious. Is it a sign of weirness to come in the forum?

I hope it doesn't seem like I'm attacking anybody, because I'm not trying to, I just don't want to spend so much money to do something stupid. Answers to these questions would be very much appreciated.