John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

[Anonymous]

What do you know of it? Is it worth signing up for their courses?

[Anonymous]

massively over-rated

[Anonymous]

It was incredible 30 years ago!

[Anonymous]

Used to be great. Now just a cash cow for JHU. Greatly overpriced for what you get.

[Anonymous]

30 years ago I loved it. Bye, Bye Miss American Pie.

Last year was a disaster for CTY. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/01/cty-leader-fired-hopkins/

[Anonymous]

You're better off with AoPS, Davidson, NUMATS, hell even ID tech summer camps

[Anonymous]

My kid is having fun at one of the day camps right now. It's free for us, because both my spouse and I work at JHU, so definitely worth it from that perspective. I'm not super concerned about how much she learns, but she definitely has come home excited about new science facts.

She also did a language class last year, which I was able to observe more of because it was virtual. The teaching seemed strong to me, and there was a fair amount of support from the teacher and TA.

I do think that, for some kids, there's huge value in just being in an environment where they are not "the smart one," and CTY can be a very good environment to provide that. If your kid is in an academically selective school already, this may be less important.

Last year's camps were indeed a disaster. They've totally restaffed since then. Not sure how that's gone at the residential programs, but at least they all ran this year. The day camp has been seamless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're better off with AoPS, Davidson, NUMATS, hell even ID tech summer camps

+1

There are also math camps you can apply for.

[Anonymous]

My DD did online Chinese classes for a year. Very strong curriculum and instructors.
But very expensive.

[Anonymous]

The in-person camps were a disaster last year with last minute cancellations of camps.

We have been very pleased with the quality of the online courses, both live and self-paced. PP mentioned this and I second it that it is good for a child to sometimes not be the smartest person in the world and to be pushed more than they can be in a public school classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago I loved it. Bye, Bye Miss American Pie.

Last year was a disaster for CTY. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/01/cty-leader-fired-hopkins/

DD did residential camp this year. It seemed good. She liked it, and it definitely fit the bill as “Net camp” and a well run sleep away camp.

The wide variety of subjects is a draw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're better off with AoPS, Davidson, NUMATS, hell even ID tech summer camps

So Davidson summer is good?

https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-programs/summer-programs/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're better off with AoPS, Davidson, NUMATS, hell even ID tech summer camps

Thanks hasn’t heard of NUMATS

https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer-programs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is having fun at one of the day camps right now. It's free for us, because both my spouse and I work at JHU, so definitely worth it from that perspective. I'm not super concerned about how much she learns, but she definitely has come home excited about new science facts.

She also did a language class last year, which I was able to observe more of because it was virtual. The teaching seemed strong to me, and there was a fair amount of support from the teacher and TA.

I do think that, for some kids, there's huge value in just being in an environment where they are not "the smart one," and CTY can be a very good environment to provide that. If your kid is in an academically selective school already, this may be less important.

Last year's camps were indeed a disaster. They've totally restaffed since then. Not sure how that's gone at the residential programs, but at least they all ran this year. The day camp has been seamless.

What age range is a good match for these day programs? Is high-school age too old? I didn't realize tuition remission applied to the summer camps and now I am kicking myself for not taking advantage of it.

[Anonymous]

We did a self paced online class and it was massively overpriced for what it was.