Anonymous wrote:What do they teach?

Your student can apply to attend a Governor's School for a month that has the subjects they are interested. There are:
Agriculture (Virginia Tech): 100 slots
Science, Math, and Technology (Lynchburg): 160 slots
Humanities (Radford):150 slots
Medicine & Health Sciences (VCU): 26 slots
Engineering (CNU & NASA) :12 slots
Marine Science (CNU & VIMS): 6 slots
Visual and Performing Arts (Radford): 250 (Separate allocations based on discipline)

There are also World Language Academies @ Washington & Lee in Japanese, German, Spanish, French, and Latin.

What do they teach?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the programs that are available in other states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_School

And this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conference_of_Governor%27s_Schools

Thank you, sounds like a great program.

Anonymous wrote:Here are the programs that are available in other states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_School

And this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conference_of_Governor%27s_Schools

Here are the programs that are available in other states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_School

Is it only for VA residents?

My child attended the Governor's School of Agriculture at Virginia Tech a couple years ago. It is not only a great resume builder, it's a life-changing experience. For many of the kids, it's their first time away from home for an extended period of time (a month). They build the independence skills they need for college. Plus, it's a great to meet other awesome, nerdy kids from across the state. My child still talks to the awesome friends she made at Governor's School daily. Plus, they get to learn about something they actually enjoy from world-class professors on a beautiful college campus!

As far as college goes, most of my child's classmates have either ended up at UVA or Virginia Tech with about 15-20 of them going to other T20 schools and service academies. It's a very competitive program to get into. First, the student has to meet the qualifications of top 10% of the class and classified as gifted, then the student has to compete against highly qualified kids at the school level, then compete again at the county level, and then advance on to the state level where hopefully they get accepted. The Governor's School of Agriculture had a 50% acceptance rate at the state level, but it gets far more competitive if you consider how many highly-qualified students they had to weed out at the school, county, and state level before deciding on their final cohort. Having the Governor's School experience looks great on any college resume especially for Virginia public universities because they know how competitive the process is and how enriching the experience is. Hope this helps!

Yes - they look good because selection is competitive and also the program is supposedly quite good overall.

I can’t say if it is a big deal but my kid had a great experience!

Sorry about the confusion. I do mean Virginia Governor’s School.

Just FYI...as someone who is not from VA...I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about.

Maybe colleges do?

Is there anything like the Virginia Governor's school for a rising 9th grader?

Virginia Governor's School is a big deal

Is it a big deal to be selected to join the
Summer Residential Governor’s Schools? Will it help college application? Thank you