Talk:Center for Talented Youth

Cleanup
I have put the article in cleanup because I noticed that it is in need of attention because many people who do not know how to use the software are editing. Since there is bad HTML. I also found several typos, bad grammer and spelling errors. Considering the Culture section: I would say that only the most important traditions, that is traditions done at nearly every site, should be in the article. The pie and passionfruit are musts. If drag day and emo day are done at many sites than that should be on there. Thanks. Please comment. Marlith 04:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I hate that bad "grammer." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.0.42 (talk) 18:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree with putting the article in cleanup. I know nothing about the Center for Talented Youth (As I stumbled across it one day), but I do know that smiley face emoticons should not be a part of this article, let alone ANY article. I'm also concerned with the paragraph of gibberish at the beginning of the article. Yoshi0333 (talk) 06:15, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Movie?
I found articles referring to the movie. [www.themovieinsider.com/movies/mid/2047/Nerd_Camp This] link mentioned the New Yorker article, except the movie is dated 2006, which is obviously a year ago. AkvoD3 16:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:JHUGilman.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Talent Search Clean up
The talent search section could be cleaned up to be made more concise. Osfan1011 (talk) 04:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Student Life
As a CTY student, and having recently read the archived peer review of this article, I am insulted at the accusation that student traditions are unimportant to an encyclopedic article about the program. Given that CTY is a part of the WikiSchools project, it should be noted that an important aspect of any educational institution is its student life. Particularly notable in many Wikipedia articles on educational facilities is the presence of a section devoted to student activity, if not a student life section as would be present in a school's official website. CTY, being an obviously unorthodox school (for one, it's held in three weeks in the summer), has a different set of activities. Students' daily schedules, which include Activities and Dances, in particular, as well as other extremely prominent traditions, such as that of Emperor (compare this to, say, sections about leadership positions in other schools, e.g., the Hopkins School), are, in my opinion, notable in a school article. As an administrator of RealCTY, I would be happy to write a limited section about student life, if it is deemed appropriate, when I find the time. Note, this would not be a section listing a hodgepodge of traditions. Rather, it would focus on the general student culture and activities which are an integral part of any school (and its Wikipedia article), but particularly for a school which takes place in such a closed environment in such a limited timeframe. --User:Memoriesonfilm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.95.14 (talk) 08:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree hugely. This article isn't an ad for CTY; it should be about what the camp actually is, not what it was conceived as. The traditions and culture are a big part of the experience. Some kids say they go mostly for the traditions and culture rather than the classes.Gorramdoll (talk) 01:46, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Although I personally would love to see student traditions in the CTY article, I have to agree that they do not meet WP criteria for "encyclopedic" virtue. For example, the Preakness Stakes article doesn't contain a single word about infield keggers, public nudity, or porta-potty racing, even though those things have been a huge feature of the event (until BYOB was banned this year). Wikipedia is being fair and consistent. - Frankie1969 (talk) 15:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I have recently been enrolled in 2 online classes of CTY, and part of the currculum is introducing yourself to the supervisor. However, when picking the name of the supervisor/teacher, i noticed that nearly all the names (of about 50 or so) were India/ Asian/ Arabian. I am by no means racist, but could it be that CTY is outsourcing their online education courses??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.39.16.71 (talk) 05:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Site Closures
FWIW: Carlisle session 1 has ended early due to over 30 cases of "flu-like illness", and the students are being sent home ASAP. Session 2 is expected to happen as normal.

Also, the Nanjing and Hong Kong sites were canceled in advance due to concerns about flu. - Frankie1969 (talk) 15:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Student Life Redux
Hey all. I have created a new "Student Life" section (along with restructuring the article to respect the name change of the CAA program). There seems to be some conflict between Wikipedeans and CTY students about the inclusion of such a section. The former group seems to think that such a section is entirely irrelevant, whereas the latter seems to think that such a section should be the focal point of the article. I think everybody is wrong (in the nicest way :]).

Honestly, it seems rather silly that, even though the article points out repeatedly that CTY's summer programs are its most prominent purpose, the section devoted to these programs included only (1) locations of programs, (2) locations of more programs, (3) locations of another set of similar programs, (4) international locations of such programs, and (5) how students are evaluated. The CTY website places heavy emphasis on student life and socialization, in conjunction with its course listings. The article ought to do the same.

Most of the student life section is a quick overview of a typical CTY weekday, which roughly mirrors the skeletal structure of CTY's student life page (see the article's references for a link). The remaining two paragraphs discuss CTY's stance towards student social life, as detailed on their website, and a short mention of student traditions, emphasizing "American Pie" in particular, which CTY has given a nod to in a publicity video (see the references, again) and which has apparently spread to other gifted programs, including, at least, TIP and SIG, two leading high school general gifted programs, both of which were founded after American Pie was established at CTY.

It's my opinion that such a discussion of student life is vital in a general discussion of CTY, without which the summer programs are only understood based on their definitions and their locations. Please do comment on this change. Thanks! --Thechaoseternal (talk) 08:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

(I should also mention in passing that User:Memoriesonfilm is an old account of mine.)

This article reads a bit like an advertisement
This article reads a bit like an advertisement. See WP:ADVERT and please try to improve the article. 75.50.86.237 (talk) 05:47, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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Other sites (e.g. Santa Cruz)
Maybe we should update the sites list; Santa Cruz (and maybe others) are missing. https://cty.jhu.edu/programs/on-campus/campus-life/site-locations/uc-santa-cruz Thatsme314 (talk) 07:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Certainly; please be bold and do it! &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 12:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't have the time, at least for the next few months. Maybe I can come back later. Thatsme314 (talk) 07:47, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

OTID
What does the mentioned "OTID" stand for? 209.118.39.195 (talk) 18:12, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * "Office of Talent Identification and Development". Added to article and added ref for acronym meaning.Naraht (talk) 18:19, 17 October 2023 (UTC)