<p>I’ve been in the gifted program since like 1st grade in elementary school. It basically lasted through middle school and there were these “honors gifted” classes in the early years of high school, but now I just take AP classes. The gifted program I was in was pretty decent, although yeah, it might have been slightly overrated.</p>
<p>Yes, my school used to have similar admissions as the original poster, you had to have a 130 IQ or 120 with recommendations. We had around 40 people out of 120. They made it easier to get in, now it is probably 50 out of 120.</p>
<p>Since elementary school. I went to a public magnet middle school where you had to take an IQ test to get in (at least 120 was needed), which was a feeder for another gifted high school. I’ve transferred to a private school for high school but I’m still about two years ahead in math and science classes.</p>
<p>Yeah the whole school, since it’s a specialized high school.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have a gifted program, but I was in it during elementary and junior high.</p>
<p>What is ‘Gifted’?</p>
<p>Responding to bl4ke360…</p>
<p>“If the majority of students are in the gifted program, that’s called the average, and gifted by definition means much higher than average. Also, your school definitely has some serious grade inflation going on. You better get some insane scores on the sat or colleges are going to realize this and it will be at your disadvantage.”</p>
<p>The “gifted” program is in comparison to all schools in New Orleans. I go to the top public school, so most if not all of the students there are extremely motivated and intelligent. It’s kind of like a magnet for the “gifted” kids in the city. And it’s not an “average” program to get into. My sister, who is similar to me in intelligence, took the gifted test and did not score high enough. It’s not some BS program that anybody can enter. I’m not saying it’s super selective (or maybe it is, but I’m just not aware because of the large percentage of the student body who is in Gifted), but it’s not some “joke” like most of the other Gifted programs mentioned in this thread.</p>
<p>I was in a GT program in elementary school (2nd-5th grade) and it was a fantastic experience for me. It was based on IQ testing, interviews, etc. and was a special class for the 12 or so of us who were identified. Then I went to the middle school’s continuation of the same program, where your math, science, English, and history classes are with those same few kids from elementary school, but it was not as beneficial for me and I switched middle schools. There they just offered advanced pre-AP courses and an English class for gifted kids. Now I’m at an IB school, and they don’t have any GT courses for upperclassmen, but freshmen and sophomores take gifted history and English. All of it is based on IQ testing and an overall evaluation process.</p>
<p>We don’t have one in high school, but I was in it in 1-8 when it was offered.</p>