<p>i did a summer program with them, before my 8th grade year.
i took algebra II, and had to take the SAT to get in and so on.
has anyone heard of it?</p>
<p>will that matter at all to schools i apply to? or not really because i was not in high school when i did it?</p>
<p>Stuff before hs isn’t important; but it is probably obvious from your hs transcript that you are accelerated in math more than a typical student would be if you completed Alg II before 8th grade.</p>
<p>no because it didn’t really count in my high school…since i had to take alg II in 10th grade. i’m only accelerated by a year, and even that seems really common these days, so i don’t think it’s anything special</p>
<p>Sure people have heard of JHU-CTY. It has a lot of participants, so every college admission office has heard of it. It is much better than doing nothing for the summer and somewhat less impressive than participating in a summer program with its own selective admission process based on criteria other than SAT scores.</p>
<p>Will they still care even though it happened before high school?
i’m not sure if i got credit for it, or what my SAT scores were</p>
<p>i also did JHU CTY but it only counts if you did it during high school. During high school I did it during the summer of 9th and 11th grade. Its looks great on your high school resume, guidance counselor recommendation and when you request a transcript from JHU CTY you can add it to your college application. You can continue with JHU CTY until your 16</p>
<p>they have programs for 12th graders don’t they?</p>
<p>and so that 3 grand went to nothing i guess…</p>
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<p>A high school-level course will count to a college admission officer whenever you did it, and it should be on your transcript when you apply to college. Getting it on your transcript at a public school may be tricky, but is worth the effort. You will also have to send in your JHU-CTY transcript directly to the college(s) you are applying to. (My son has just done this, to apply for dual enrollment at our state university. I keep a global transcript of all his high school level courses as a homeschooling parent.)</p>
<p>yes I just checked they do have programs for 12th graders. I thought cutoff was the age of 16. They also offer various AP courses. I wouldnt say that the money was a waste because it should have been a good learning experience. However, if would of been better spent during high school</p>
<p>oh really? what if i don’t have the transcript? can i ask JHU to send it to me?
I recently moved and it is probably back at my old house because we have not shipped our things yet.</p>
<p>so if i contact JHU will they be able to send me a transcript and also my SAT scores? since i took the SAT through them kinda…</p>
<p>I took 2 high school level course in middle school and only one was counted in high school. My high school accepted my earth science course but did not accept my alegebra II. I also had to repeat that course because my high school said they had their own standards and couldnt accept my algebra credit.</p>
<p>Yes you can request one. Its best if u request the transcript after you complete all courses.(if your going to take a course this summer or something then wait to request your transcript). this way your transcript will have all your courses in one transcript. They charge I think like $5 for each transcript requested. Each comes signed and sealed individually. I requested approx 5 for my dream schools. I didnt request any for safety schools</p>
<p>of course i learned from the experience- i loved it! it was so great and made lots of friends from all over the country. i only wish the credit would count</p>
<p>even though your high school didn’t accept the credit, will it still look good to admissions officers? your alg II i mean</p>
<p>I enjoyed it too! : )</p>
<p>Yes I think it helps because they can see you challenged yourself from the beginning but u need to continue to challenge yourself. I believe they were more interested that I took AP and honor class in high school and that I continued the trend. They look at all four years and they check your high school portfolio record. They check to see if you took advantage of the advance courses, clubs, sports and everything that your high school have to offer. They check GPA first and vigor of classes you took and how you rank in your school. Ex. top 10 percent</p>
<p>how do people find out if they are in the top whatever %? Talk to their guidance counselor?
of course i continued the accelerated math but that was basically it. i WAS in accelerated history, but this year i didnt take history since my school that i attend now did not really have a history course for me…they do not force courses on students like normal schools which kinda ticks me off. because now i am not in accelerated history like i was…</p>
<p>yes talk to your guidance counselor. Ask counselor for a high school profile. On the profile you can see the grading system and everything your school provides. I wouldnt worry to much about history unless that is what you plan to major in. You can still challenge yourself in other ways. Example, if your school requires three years of a foreign language then take four. If you only need three years of science and you took Earth, Biology and Chem then go for physics or AP/ Honor Chem. or something like SAT II in biology. You should request a meeting with your guidance counselor and tell him what your future plans are and both of you can decide what’s best. What year are you in and what is your major?</p>
<p>im a junior and are planning on either journalism, pre-vet, pre-law, or photography as a major</p>
<p>it’s hard because i did not take a science course this year either but my school is kinda of a science school</p>
<p>I did JHU-CTY thing too, and enjoyed it. </p>
<p>However, you need to realize that most of these programs are gimicks. They exist to make money. Colleges cannot be impressed by any program that costs money (these include leadership camps, those medicine DC programs, any summer academic program) because not everyone can afford to do them.</p>
<p>there is financial aid…</p>
<p>Yes, JHU-CTY has financial aid. It is mostly at rather low-income families (as contrasted with more middle-income families, who get better aid from some other programs), but apply if you are interested.</p>