at my school the class levels go like this:
technical, college prep, honors, gifted, AP, IB
u have to test to get in the gifted program, and if u get a C, ur kicked out. i’m kinda worried cuz it seems like no one’s heard of them, and i don’t know if colleges will recognize them.
also, at ur school, are honors/gifted classes weighted? ours aren’t.
<p>we had a gifted program in elementary and middle school. you have to score a certain level on an aptitude test to get in, and its more advanced. that basically turns into honors/ap in high school, but they still get gifted money that goes to ap stuff.</p>
<p>We had a gifted program. I think you could test into it beginning in first grade. But most of the people I know didn't take the test until later. For example, I took it between 2nd and 3rd. Our gifted program was a class where we got to do activities and special projects. It was just pass/fail. We didn't have seperate English or math classes for kids in the gifted program.</p>
<p>In elementary school, each grade level had one G/T (gifted and talented) class, which consisted of the kids who passed the G/T test and other "clustered" kids who score high but didn't make the mark. </p>
<p>In middle school, many courses in the four core areas (math, language arts, science and social studies) had G/T restricted sections. Even in middle school, we had seperate "honors" courses and G/T courses. Anybody could sign up (and be recommended) for an honors class, but only the kids that tested in to the G/T program could take the G/T classes (with a few exceptions for scheduling conflicts).</p>
<p>In high school, for freshman and sophomore years, the system was pretty much the same as middle school. In the last two years of high school, the G/T students are rolled into AP classes unless they request not to be in them. We have AP G/T sections and AP non-G/T sections of the same classes, so in high school, the different levels of classes are: Below Level, On Level, Honors, AP non-G/T, AP G/T. My school weighs AP, Honors and G/T classes the same.</p>
<p>The colleges you apply to know will find out about the G/T program at your school. The school profile that your schools sends with your transcript explains the different levels of classes and the way GPA's are weighted at your school</p>
<p>My kids' HS has a gifted & talented pgm that is used for independent study most of the time. The student designs an advanced program of study and then gets it approved. Weekly journals are required. There's a lot of variety. Some of the talented artists/dancers use this for advanced study. My daughter is a premier Scottish Highland dancer and she could have used it for practice time. She chose to use the time to work on her art portfolio (she wasn't eligible for AP Art History because she didn't have the required prereqs. </p>
<p>My son was able to take AP Bio in 10th grade through the GT program. He took Honors Chem at the same time. AP Bio is usually only offered to 11th and 12th graders. Through GT, he'll take AP Chem and Honors Physics in 11th, and AP Physics in 12th grade. Since the HS requires students to take a yr of honors science before they can take the AP level, normally students only take one AP science class senior yr (after they complete Honors level Bio, Chem and Physics). He likes science and wanted the in depth exposure the AP classes offer so he can see which area he's most interested in. Personally I think he's crazy and should take at least one fun class a yr (no room in schedule), but I've learned to back off. He says these classes are fun. Last summer he took a biotechnology class at Brown and plans to do another one this summer. I think spending the summer at the beach sounds more appealing but it's his life.</p>
<p>my transcript doesn't explain anything!! all it says is" we do not weight courses is computing GPA except for AP and IB." it doesn't say anything about how much they're weighted and which courses are available in which levels. i've only taken gifted, gifted/AP and gifted/IB classes because honors is considered a slack class at my school. they seriously don't do anything!! ( for example, this yr, honors english wrote one paper the entire yr! gifted english writes a paper every one/two weeks.) but i'm afraid this will hurt me since my transcript doesn't explain anything.</p>
<p>We have Gifted here, too, but it's a bit different. </p>
<p>The earliest you can enter Gifted is in grade one, and there is a test to do so. I believe you have to score in the 98th percentile. Once you're in the program, it's congregated. All of your classes are Gifted and only with other Gifted kids. This continues until high school. It's possible to test into the program later on, too.</p>
<p>In high school, your core classes (English, Math, Science, etc) are offered at the congregated Gifted level, and then your electives are open. We have applied, academic and gifted stream courses in grades nine and ten, and workplace, college, university/college, university (Canadian system-- "college" means something different), AP and IB in grades 11 and 12. We also have French immersion and Extended French programs. </p>
<p>In answer to your question, I think this is why universities ask you to include a school profile. My GC did-- it explains what the programs/streams mean and how you fit in.</p>
<p>I was in the CBG program (Center Based Gifted) starting in 3rd grade. There was one gifted class, 3rd, 4th, 5th. Then in Middle School, the CBG kids were all in our own set of classes, which made up a team, cuz each grade level had like 6 teams, one of which was gifted. So 6th, through 8th was that. And in High School I go to a Governor's School, where everyone is supposedly gifted. We don't have AP's or IB's, we only have Honors and College Credit classes.</p>
<p>well I've been in the Gifted program since elementary school...you had to either take the Gifted qualification test or score in like the 98th percentile on the ITBS</p>
<p>In elementary school it was called "Discovery" (I was in a Magnet school) then in middle school it was called "Impact" and in high school gifted students have to take all gifted/AP courses...so for example...instead of just taking AP Biology...we have to take AP-Gifted Biology and the same goes for the other classes...they have the same weight as normal AP classes though (5.0 scale)...</p>
<p>hopefully it looks good on my application because I got A's and B's in all of my Gifted courses...and all Gifted courses are labeled appropriately on my transcript...</p>
<p>We have a Gifted program at my school which is basically our Honors program, though you basically have to test into it at the elementary/middle school level or it's a pain to get into. We don't have any Honors classes and you can't really take APs until junior year, so everyone takes Gifted instead.</p>
<p>Your GC can indicate the level of difficulty of your classes in a letter. I would speak to him/her about it.</p>