summer school for entering 9th(high school freshman)

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>my kid is a talent gifted student(who will finish 8th grade and entering 9th grade in this fall), he has been in cty for more than 3 years with state award and also a davidson talent search participator.</p>

<p>I know there are lots of awesome summer programs for high school senior and junior but can't find similar type summer program for entering 9th grade (besides of CTY & TIPs)</p>

<p>Does anyone know any other wonderful summer program?
or
when you were 13, which summer program brought you the most remarkable experience? </p>

<p>Best,</p>

<p>Betterschool's mother</p>

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<p>Just do CTY for a couple more years, there isnt really anything better available. I spent 5 summers at CTY, and to this day I consider them 5 summers very well spent. Choose classes in subjects that you're not the best at, but still interested in, and you'll probably still be challenged. For example, I'm a very math/science person and spending all of my "non-baby" cty years in various writing/philosophy courses. The best opportunities start after sophomore year.</p>

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<p>If foreign language is an interest, the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy offers Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish. Great way to get ahead in language study.</p>

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<p>My son is an rising freshman -- he will be doing the Middlebury Monterey Language Academy this summer. He has done CTD the past two summers, but wanted to work on his spanish this summer. </p>

<p>Brown offers programs for rising freshman, so you might take a look. CTY and TIP are frequently recommended on this board.</p>

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<p>What is your child interested in? </p>

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davidson talent search participator

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<p>If you mean a Davidson Young Scholar, there are also email lists for parents of students in that program where you could ask this same question.</p>

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<p>thank you, tokenadult, I'll raise the question through davidson as well, only problem is that we are in NY...my son actually went NV last summer and gained 7 transferrable college credits as a 7th grader</p>

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<p>hsmomstef, thanks for great info. which program in Brown you know?
I know math program in Brown needs min. 14 years old, my son still is 13, can't apply math@brown
interested at math, science, finance/business</p>

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Just do CTY for a couple more years, there isnt really anything better available.

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<p>There can be quite a few better things than CTY available, but what fits a particular learner depends on the learner's interests. I am most familiar with summer math programs. My son took a CTY math course, and has since taken other math courses in other summer programs. The people at CTY themselves acknowledge, by what they publish in Imagine magazine, that there are a lot of good summer programs out there.</p>

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<p>MathPath </p>

<p>Math</a> summer camp program and resource for gifted middle school students | Mathpath </p>

<p>goes beyond CTY's level of math for a math-liking thirteen-year-old. Ross Program </p>

<p>The</a> Ross Program </p>

<p>is available to thirteen-year-olds IF they pass the application quiz (as I know directly from my son's experience) and I think MathCamp </p>

<p>Canada/USA</a> Mathcamp! </p>

<p>is too. All these are good programs for math-liking young people.</p>

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<p>thank you, tokenadult. you must have a bright kid.
same here, I read imagine, I'm familiar with most of programs you mentioned here, in 2008, my son will go to cty for BIO in jhu.edu for 1st summer session, he's looking for 2nd session of summer</p>

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<p>how about theater or science camps for 14 year olds</p>

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<p>Way to bump a 2 year old thread. Start your own thread on this board. More people will answer.</p>