# Johns Hopkins CTY program & college admin?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-cty-program-college-admin/153553>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-cty-program-college-admin/153553 "2003-02-07T20:27:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-cty-program-college-admin/153553/1 "2003-02-07T20:27:26Z")

</div>

Does participating in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) program aid a youngster in getting into college? My son went for 3 years, loved it, and will be a high school senior next year.

I’m wondering if any of you have had experience with CTY and college admissions. Does it help?

If you have a smart teenager, and you are not familiar with CTY, take a look the program. It is an _excellent_ program for smart children who want a strong intellectual challenge. They teach college level courses to teenagers in the summer. It is a great place to go if you are scary smart, (aren’t we all) want to be with other scary smart teenagers, and be treated as normal.

[http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/](http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-cty-program-college-admin/153553/2 "2003-02-07T21:10:53Z")

</div>

I am still in high school and went last summer. (I had loads of fun!)

I know it looks impressive to any college one would be applying to just because of its challenge. Yet I do not know if applying to JHU you would have an advantage going to CTY then say, a similar summer program from Northwestern.

My instinct says it would give you a bit of an edge, but I am far from an expert on this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johns-hopkins-cty-program-college-admin/153553/3 "2003-02-07T21:12:56Z")

</div>

i went to the CTY program in ireland when i was 16. it was great fun.

on the down side.  
the food was dreadful and i lost 14 pounds in 3 weeks on a diet of sweet coffee, chocolate bars and gum.  
all my friends were thrown out for drugs, drink, sex things.

the fact i got one of only 6 scholarships available because of my SAT score (800 verbal) looked pretty good on my UCAS admission form to british universities.

i think anything which sets you apart and catches their eye (in a good way) can only help.

but he should include some of the bumpf in case they’re not familiar with the programme.