Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Learning Environments From your experience, how difficult are Tip/CTY?

This is the 1st time I am hearing about TIP.
I see my son would qualify but we don't live close.
Do they have any good online classes?

My son took one of their classes online last summer and really enjoyed the material and the peer interactions. He still keeps in contact with some of the other students through e-mail and Facebook.

Hi aculady,
So, do all the students have to pass the EXPLORE test?

My son entered the program through the 7th grade talent search, so he got in on the basis of ACT scores, and the course he took was through the e-studies program. He had to qualify through the TIP program to be eligible to enroll.

According to the TIP website, the talent search programs for younger students require qualifying scores on a standardized test. The acceptable tests and scores are listed here:
http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grades_4-5/enroll.html

Duke also offers Independent Learning courses that anyone can order, with offerings from 4th grade on up.

Thank you Aculady,
I was cofused on the site thinking the qualifying tests only qualify them to take the Expore test sort of like for CTY the IQ scores qualifies them to take SCAT.

I was in TIP and I loved it. The 8 hours a day of one topic was difficult, but having all these kids around who were like me, for the first time in my life...it was liberating. I think it's what got me through a lot of my Junior High and High School years.