CTY - Intro to Biomedical Science

<p>My youngest (8th grader) is considering the Johns Hopkins CTY summer program of Introduction to Biomedical Science at Loyola Marymount (LM), which is one of three places to take the program. Since we are only a 5 hour drive from LA, we figured that would be the place to take her. </p>

<p>Anybody know of the program or taken the program? Do you hear good things? What can my daughter expect? Is LM a good school for this program or do you recommend another location? </p>

<p>Thanks for your comments.</p>

<p>I took it 5 years ago at JHU and loved it. THe class was interesting and the teacher was great. Before that, I was not interested in medicine but now im applying to college as a biomedical engineerish major.</p>

<p>I live out west but I still took it at JHU even though I could have taken it anywhere. My mom wanted me to take it at a good school that would be worth applying to (with good instate options, my mom wanted me to look at only top caliber out of states). From what I know though, JHU is a stricter campus (or at least was 5 years ago) compared to the other campuses. Do not take this to believe that JHU is necessarily a safer place to send your kid, take it more in the sense that they were overboard in saying no hard frisbees because it could hurt someone…</p>

<p>I think my friend took it at LM and enjoyed it. He spent like 3 years and I am not positive if he took Intro to BioSci or not but he enjoyed LM.</p>

<p>Sites like post cty depression may offer comparisons or views on the other CTY locations. Overall though, I would definitely recommend the class and CTY in general.</p>

<p>ender94 - thanks for the feedback. At this point, my daughter is looking toward the medical route (though that could likely change) and this seems to be a good starting point for her. It will be a good first experience before she heads into high school. Thanks</p>

<p>my friend took it when she was that age and ADORED the class. she would never stop raving about that class and said that it covered like every aspect of biomedical science. if your child is interested in becoming a doctor or entering the medical field, taking this class is a great stepping stone and window to view a part of what doctors in real life do.</p>

<p>Thanks - over the weekend, my daughter and I went over this “sample” course syllabus and she found it very interesting. Dissecting cow eyes, sheep brains and hearts, fetal pigs … that is an experience. It certainly looks like they cover a new topic everyday but it also looks like they work very hard and get a great overview. When I asked her if she wanted me to keep looking for another summer program, she said she’ll take this course. Should be fun!! :)</p>

<p>Speaking of fun, what did the kids do on the weekends?</p>

<p><a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/c/n/inbs_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/c/n/inbs_1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Looking at the overview, I do not remember doing night classes. Normally we would have activities in the afternoon. I guess they may have changed things.</p>

<p>As for weekends, there is a dance every friday or saturday night. Students normally sleep in a little on the weekends and then hang out for most of the morning. Sometimes there will be organized trips to the book stores or other local places. Once we went to a farmers market and another we went to get the new harry potter book. Then there are normally activities like casino night, game night, capture the flag, or a talent show that incorporates all the students. The weekends were really when you got to meet the students living on your hall better.</p>

<p>Here’s a link to the CTY culture wiki [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.realcty.org/mw/index.php?title=Main_Page]RealCTY[/url”&gt;http://www.realcty.org/mw/index.php?title=Main_Page]RealCTY[/url</a>] if your daughter wants to read it. She should by the way, CTY has a very unique culture and it has it lists things that she should bring (ramen, glowsticks, and duct tape for example) that are not listed on the official CTY site. </p>

<p>I took BioMed at Carlisle and the teacher was amazing! The best part: grossing out my friends in math classes during lunch by talking about anatomy. Biomed is a prerequisite to to CTY’s FPHS Bio so you might want to look into it if she really loves science because some schools will let you test out of biology. I took bio and chem through CTY and took physics as a ninth grader and I’m now in AP Bio.</p>

<p>Hi. My son also an 8th grader is thinking about Loyola marymount cty as well. Can I ask where you got the course information for 2012 . The website I am looking at only has the 2011 offerings. For those who have already attended cty would face paced biology be a good option, or would probability/game theory be more challenging?</p>

<p>[Summer</a> Programs](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/intensivestudies.html]Summer”>http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/intensivestudies.html). This is where the catalog will be listed but they won’t post the courses until later but the courses and course descriptions for bio and game theory usually don’t change much year to year. The dates for 2012 have been posted already though:
First session: June 24 - July 13
Second session: July 15 - August 3</p>

<p><a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/k/f/game_2.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/k/f/game_2.pdf&lt;/a&gt; This is a sample syllabus for game theory.
<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/q/a/biol_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/q/a/biol_1.pdf&lt;/a&gt; and this is a sample syllabus for bio.
I can only speak for Carlisle, but both classes have been well taught and have a great curriculum. My biology class not only covered a full year of HS bio, but we discussed many topics more in depth than a HS bio class would and we learned some AP bio stuff. Bio has A LOT of material and my class had very long lectures everyday. My teacher said it had the most course material out of all the CTY FPHS science classes. We learned new things everyday including on the day we took the final exam. So bio is challenging in the aspect that it has a lot of material. I can’t say as much about game theory but the kids I’ve spoken to at Carlisle who have taken it say that it is challenging and intellectually stimulating and that their class is pretty laid back. Their teacher gave them tips on counting cards for casino night also. However, game theory is not as challenging as Lancaster’s highly sought after number theory course which has a prerequisite of geometry and algebra II. <a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/g/z/theo_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/g/z/theo_1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Both classes are pretty challenging. It depends on what your son is interested in so you should probably read the syllabi. The benefit with bio in my opinion is that some schools will let you skip it in high school (you might want to check if they’ll let you do this first) and it also gave me a window into what a high school AP science class would be like. But if he really likes math and isn’t really into life science, he should probably go with game theory and maybe look at the cryptology course <a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/e/b/code_1.pdf[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/bin/e/b/code_1.pdf&lt;/a&gt; since a lot of my friends who enjoy math took it loved it.</p>

<p>bklyngal - the course syllabus I linked is only a sample … the CTY course offering still shows 2011 so I would imagine 2012 will come in the next month or two. </p>

<p>However, they do show the program dates for 2012:</p>

<p>First session: June 24 - July 13
Second session: July 15 - August 3</p>

<p>The Santa Cruz site in the Academic Explorations program begins one week later than other sites.</p>

<p>Thanks for the information. I think he is leaning towards game theory. Hopefully he will enjoy it.</p>

<p>Well, just received email that daughter was just given her 1st choice … 1st session, Biomedical Science at LMU. Should be fun!!</p>

<p>Thanks for those that provided information on the course.</p>