For those of you repeats nearing the end of your high school

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:55 pm

For those of you who are sceming how to get into Space Camp during your first or second year of college when (you think) you're too old to come as a camper, but don't quite have the hours to be a counselor, fear not!

I found out that you can come here as a camper in AA or Mach III up to 3 months after your 19th birthday, you can get a waiver. Too bad I didn't know this last summer. Oh well, I've survived that, and I'm having a blast being a counselor here.

~Re-peat

CastAway · Post by **CastAway** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:45 pm

Ooh... that's good to hear. I'm really going to try to get to Christmas camp when I'm 19, but my birthday is September 9, so I'll have to see what they say... good luck to me, I guess.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:00 pm

I went to 8 day camp last year 4 months after I turned 19.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:49 pm

Thats actually really cool news! Thanks for sharing!

spacebarfie · Post by **spacebarfie** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:42 pm

how do you get this wavier?

because i'm going to ASA this summer and it starts 3 days after my 19th b-day, and when i signed up the just put my b-day as one year later, but i didn't know if when the see my forms that they would know that i'm 19 and i couldn't go this summer then.

psych0rabbit · Post by **psych0rabbit** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:03 am

As much as I want to go back . . .I think paying for college is going to have to take priority.

No extra money for space camp.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:06 pm

^ Sadly, I'm with you....

psych0rabbit · Post by **psych0rabbit** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:38 pm

It's so depressing

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:06 am

yeah, paying for college took precedence over my return trip, so I wound up working last summer - but now I'm here as a counselor, so it's all good.

I think you just need to ask for the waiver, and you can get it. I'm not really sure.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:11 am

>Okay so im screwed for the waiver by like 10 days or something for Christmas camp, but they will just be getting over that..

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:07 am

I find it funny that I could have been a counsellor (with two years of post-secondary) AND an ASA trainee in the same month. What fun! I wonder if anyone has done that before - go for a final session of ASA the week before their counsellor training started?

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:11 am

it's certainly been talked about. We currently have two counselors - one up top working sims, one down at AC, who are both still 18. They could still be campers here, no problem.

In fact, one of them came to Christmas camp - his name is Tim.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:56 am

Haha, oh silly Tim.

CastAway · Post by **CastAway** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:58 pm

Haha, Tim had my EALD. It was... interesting.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:05 pm

Tim is indeed interesting. Are you lurking around here anywhere, Tim? How are you liking the counselor life?