CTY International Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth a world leader in gifted education.
CTY International Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth a world leader in gifted education. Founded in 1979 by Johns Hopkins University, the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) today is a leader in recognizing and developing the world s brightest young minds. The Center grew from the groundbreaking work of Johns Hopkins University professor Julian Stanley, who demonstrated that special tests such as the U.S. college SAT given to students 12 and 13 years old could identify students able to do high-level academic work. Today, through summer programs, online courses, and other services, CTY provides bright students with what they need to grow and thrive intellectually. CTY offers advanced learners worldwide the chance to enroll in summer programs in Hong Kong* or the United States** and enjoy studying and living together in a fast-paced academic environment. Challenging courses through CTYOnline*** are available anytime, anywhere. The Center s advanced courses, well adapted pedagogy, and supportive learning communities encourage achievement, creativity, and innovative thinking. * ages 11 to 16 ** ages 7 to 18 *** ages 5 to 18
CTY offers qualifying students: Summer Academic Programs CTYOnline courses Family Academic Programs Membership into the Study of Exceptional Talent More services to develop top talent Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
The CTY Talent Search New to CTY? Start here The CTY Talent Search is the entrance point to all U.S. CTY programs, services, and courses. After enrollment into the CTY Talent Search (cty.jhu.edu/ts), students proceed to take a special academic test in math and reading designed for older students. The above-gradelevel test the students take through the Talent Search helps remove the ceiling effect that happens when bright students top out on grade-level tests that are often too easy for them. After testing, parents receive statistical data that helps them to understand a child s test scores compared to an international landscape of their true academic peers. Students may qualify at different levels and for some or all courses based on their Talent Search test results. cty.jhu.edu/ts Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
CTY International About CTY Summer Programs CTY offers a qualifying student the chance to join a community of some of the brightest young minds in the world. Together, top students enter CTY and find that learning side-by-side with students like them produces great benefits. CTY students challenge and encourage one another to greater heights of academic achievement and discovery. For three weeks and five to seven hours a day, they live and breathe the one academic subject of their choosing. Subject areas span the academic catalog from math, writing, science, history, philosophy, and engineering and include titles ranging from Number Theory and Cryptology to Macroeconomics and Geopolitics. After class and on weekends, CTY students join fun, wellplanned activities while living in a university atmosphere under the careful supervision of our residential staff. cty.jhu.edu/summer
CTY International About CTYOnline Great courses for advanced learners around the world are just a connection away through CTYOnline. Innovative technology, challenging courses, and personalized help from expert faculty are hallmarks of a student s CTYOnline experience. Courses include Cryptography, Inventions in Engineering, Honors Math Sequence, Young Readers Series, the CTY Writing Series, and dozens more. CTY faculty lead every course, providing guidance, encouragement, and evaluations through email, phone, interactive whiteboard, and virtual online classrooms. Course materials may include multimedia resources, texts, workbooks, and even chemistry kits for doing hands-on experiments. Students can work from home or school in this CTY learning experience that goes beyond traditional limits of time and place. cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline About Family Academic Programs CTY s Family Academic Programs events are designed as one-day programs, weekend events, or longer learning experiences, that CTY students share with parents and even other family members. Family Academic Programs help introduce talented students to the exciting range of possibilities included in a broad-based education and lifelong learning curriculum. Attending one of our programs is an excellent way for CTY students to meet other talented peers and for parents to share in their child s educational experience. Extended educational travel adventures take students and families to great destinations the world over. cty.jhu.edu/family More CTY CTY s Imagine magazine offers student-written feature stories five times in a resource-filled format. Cogito.org is a math and science web site free to interested students worldwide. CTY s Diagnostic and Counseling Center provides specialized educational testing that can help pinpoint learning strengths and needs. cty.jhu.edu Extraordinary. Top students attend CTY to prepare to become extraordinary in their future educational attainment and life opportunities. Over three decades ago CTY dedicated itself to developing and offering courses and services specifically for young people of great academic promise. We were the first of our kind to do so, and today we continue to carry the banner forward for the academic development of the world s brightest young minds.
For international Students and Families Open the door to CTY Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Enroll in the CTY Talent Search. (2 nd 8 th graders) Sign up for a CTY test, then test. Receive test results, then confirm CTY eligibility. Read information for international applicants: cty.jhu.edu/intl. Apply online (fee $55 US). CTY will guide you in this process after you enroll in the Talent Search. Preview the process at cty.jhu.edu/intl. Test at a designated testing center in your country (test fees apply). Students who qualify for CTY open up the door to become eligible for Summer Programs, online courses, and other services uniquely available through CTY. Step 4: Apply to a CTY Summer Programs, CTYOnline course, or other service. Information on CTY Summer Programs in the U.S. (Grades 2 12): cty.jhu.edu/intl. Information on international (Hong Kong) CTY Summer Programs (Grades 5 10): cty.jhu.edu/intl. Information on CTYOnline courses (Grades K 12): cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline. Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying and developing the talents of the most promising K-12 students worldwide. As part of Johns Hopkins, CTY helps fulfill the university s mission of preparing students to make significant future contributions to our world. McAuley Hall, Suite 400 5801 Smith Avenue, Baltimore MD 21209 +1.410.735.4100 ctyinfo@jhu.edu Hong Kong 833 Cheung Sha Wan Road Room 608, Plaza Tower I, Kowloon, Hong Kong +852.3104.3494 cty.jhu.edu