Hi, I'm attending the first session in Chicago. Anyways, today I received an invitaion from the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference inviting me to attend the inauguration of the new president as well as many other activities. In the letter, it said that participants were chosen from attending certain prestigious programs, such as NYLF-MED, but only certain students were chosen. I was wondering if anyone else received this letter??

Hey I'm attending session 2 in d.c. and i got that same letter yesterday. I really want to go but I don't know if my parents will let. I guess it will depend on the cost. I'm sure its gonna be awesome!

I got one today. I really want to go but I have made my parents broke between this and then my sweet sixteen in November. So I don't know if we can afford it.

I know! It is expensive. I checked out the website and it was around $2300. I'm pretty sure that i am going, but i will probably have to take some of my own spending money!

I got one too.
But my parents said they probably aren't going to let me go.
Since they did pay all the money for the forum.
I got mine yesterday. But its ok. I'm actually more interested in the forum. =D
Oh btw i'm going to Houston session 1.

I got one too. I agree that the forum is/would be more interesting, plus it would depend on who's even being inaugurated!

I got mine today. Phoenix June 22 - July 1, 2008

I got mine today. I want to go but it cost way too much. But the forum will be interesting. And plus if we go we will be witnessing history.
But MED FORUM sounds alot more fun.

I got my letter yesterday. I think if I beg hard enough my parents will let me go.
Are there any people who didn't get in? But idk..

hey i got that same letter im going tho hah, it should be fun, cody-june 22nd-july1 La session 1

I got my letter today! I am going! My parents were super excited about it I am attending atlanta session 2

hey yeah.. i got that too. but idk if i can go or not cuz we have a rele strict "dont miss skewl policy" haha but i rele wanna!!

Hey guys! Yep I got the invitation as well! I am totally siked! I mean the inauguration of our country's new president and vice is a HUGE deal! And the black tie gala inaugural ball....so amazing! But I love getting dressed up and everything but hey guys, if you didnt know, if you go on the website, there is message boards on there for people going...so check that out if you are interested And I'm pretty sure Im going, I raised all the money to go to the forum this summer through sponsorships, the only part of it that came out of my pocket is the spending money part of it. So I'm planning on doing the same thing or some other type of fundraising activity to raise this money. And the dress is gonna be another payment I'm gonna have to figure out on top of all the other costs. Plus I live in the Phoneix area, so airline will be a little spendy but it'll be all worth it I know!

I got one too, but I am not going. It's kind of a money-making scam. No offense to anyone who is going.

i got mine this morning in the mail.
its pretty expensive.
so i'd only get to go if i paid for it.
so idk if i'm actually going.

ya, im really excited for it! i think the ball will be the best part...my mom called today to ask about it and the guy she talked to said that less than 1 percent of the kids going to nylf get an invitation for it

tannah15- seriously? less then 1 percent...I'm wondering what they base there selecting off of ya know? like why us? whats the difference between us and the rest of the kids that are attending nylf forums and didn't get invited?

i got an invitation yesterday. i'm not sure if i'm going yet, but it seems like it'd be a great experience.

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Originally posted by kristin:
tannah15- seriously? less then 1 percent...I'm wondering what they base there selecting off of ya know? like why us? whats the difference between us and the rest of the kids that are attending nylf forums and didn't get invited?

ya, i know, thats what i thought. my mom asked what the criteria was, you know, and he didnt say! he just said alumni of nylf or this other program. but idk about the 1 percent thing..it seems like a lot of kids are getting an invitation!

I got an invitation too. I'd like to go but it cost alot.
Maybe part of the reason only certain people get picked has to do with where they live.