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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see lots of people posting about the qualifications required to get admitted to the club, but not much about what the kids like about the program.  Can someone please describe specifically what your child does with CTY, and how your child feels about it?[/quote]
There is a ton of stuff to do. My son has done the Intensive study summer programs for computer programming, engineering and math. When he was younger he did day programs, he did some residence programs starting around 5th grade. There are international trips (he did not do that). The "bread and butter" are the accelerated online courses of which DS has done many over the years. There's a video type of game called Descartes's Cove. My son loves CTY. He would tell you that he likes being around kids that understand him, that enjoy the same things and he LOVES the fast pace. He says he likes learning while seeing new things and new places. Over the summers he's met many kids that return year after year so they are friends. They Skype and plan which courses they want to take, which weekend programs they can attend together and such. Its more than just online classes, it gives my son a peer group and keeps his brain busy at the same time. They have wonderful faculty that really "get" these kids. They understand them and know how to work with them. The biggest drawback is that's it gets expensive. I asked him his favorite part (I limited it to academics, not his friends) and he said being able to cover as much material as he wants, as fast as he wants.

One thing I've noted, the groups seem larger at the younger levels. At the high school level, there's some attrition so the groups tend to be smaller. This means these kids know each other and are pretty friendly with one another.[/quote]

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