CTY summer 2013

Choisumwong

今年阿女參加physics course後對我說，原來很多學生無Facebook,iphone同tumbler,他們很聰明,不用溫書（因為每天都在讀書）。我覺得她的observation and insight 好好,知道不同的人有不同的生活。無一般人有的工具可以使他們很專心學習。生活方式是不同人有不同的選擇，不要羡慕他們，過自己想過的生活。上CTY不是學了很多physic,但得益不少。

Radiomama

Your daughter attends the summer course in Hk or USA?
Which grade is she? Residential camp for three weeks? Or 走讀？

Choisumwong

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In HK, grade 8, non-residential.

Radiomama

Thanks for your info. My boy begins the online course this summer and I'm planning to send him to join the summer course after a few years.

Choisumwong

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The summer programme is very challenging for physics. But other programmes are all right. My son enjoyed Robotic very much. The advantage of CTY is that it is not limited by age. The experience of advanced level and extremely talented students are 'eye opening'.

nintendo

如果是 residential  會更好。

happyhealthymin

唔好意思，CTY全稱是?

Radiomama

Centre for Talented Youth by Uni of John Hopkins.
Hk 的summer program 在科大舉行，中學生可參加有住宿果種，高小至初中好似得non residential .

Choisumwong

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My daughter does not like the facility in HKUST  especially the toilets which are quiet dirty.

sschiu

Do the students need to be assessed to be gifted or talented in order to join these programmes?

Radiomama

Students should take the test (Talent Search) by CTY before enrollment.
Eg. SCAT/SAT/ACT

Mighty

題外話、香港人真係５好笑大陸人D壊習慣、香港人自己用TOILET　D習慣都５好得去辺！！不只這間大学、其他HUNG　HOM個間都very disgusting.  

nintendo

Choisumwong 發表於 13-8-5 09:46
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My daughter does not like the facility in HKUST especially the toilets which  ...

We are not talking about a vacation at a 5 star hotel, so it would definitely not be the best luxurious experience. However, I would say the facilities are not that bad. This is a good experience for most of the princes and princesses in Hong Kong.
I think the advantage being a residential studnet is that children can have more time mingle with other students in the same class or other classes. The late evening classes run until 8:30pm so commuting back and forth can be a waste of time. My children enjoy late evening chats with other students too. And there are lots of activities during the weekends.
I think the experience is a lot more than whatever a student benefit from merely joining the day classes.

nintendo

Mighty 發表於 13-8-5 14:53
題外話、香港人真係５好笑大陸人D壊習慣、香港人自己用TOILET　D習慣都５好得去辺！！不只這間大学、其他HU ...

又很難說，大學其實一般較開放式，外人個個都入得。
話就話係大學 toilet，但真係同公廁冇乜分別。

friendlyguy

Hi Choisumwong/nintendo,

What's the student mix? Are they mainly from Hong Kong?

Friendlyguy

Mighty

真係好ENVY以上幾位、CTY是要求「If you’re a parent of a very bright child, welcome」的、我就永遠無縁、、、、、、(^-^) 升P６LA,連HCM＆LCM（分数）都未識亜！

Choisumwong

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Students are mixture of international students, local elite students and Asian students. Most are Chinese. A few mainland Chinese who speak English.

nintendo

friendlyguy 發表於 13-8-5 16:25
Hi Choisumwong/nintendo,

What's the student mix? Are they mainly from Hong Kong?

唔清楚，以今年來說，看樣貌是華裔為主，大部份是本港國際學校學生，仔女話有 HKIS，CIS，CDNIS，ESF；本地學校學生都有，但好少，都是名校生如 DBS，DGS，LA SALLE，可能因為費用唔平；亦有從外國來港的學生，但也都是亞洲人；唔覺多外國人，眼看可能兩三個？(早兩三年多些外國人面孔)。我說的是 grade 7 up 的 program；小學的不清楚，但大致看樣貌，都是亞洲人 (華人)。

大陸學生應該沒有，好像國內對學生出國交流有特別安排，印象中 cty  網頁有特別提醒學生要注意這點，如果是來自大陸的學生，應該是有其他國家的 passport。我覺得 cty 很執著外地學生來香港要有 valid status，不會批准以自由行 status 來上堂，就算是我們這些本地人，也要 submit 一大堆 document (passport，medical report，insurance)。

如果介意是華裔，就要去美國那邊，那邊多很多選擇。

cty 分幾個 qualifying boundary；較高 percentile 的學生的可以參加 intensive class，低少少分可以參加 academic exploration，再低只可以參加 online course。香港主要是 intensive classes， academic exploration 的好像只有一兩科；online course 少了和其他 talented students  的 interaction，缺少了我個人認為 cty 給學生最大的意義，我仔女沒參加過。

Choisumwong

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My daughter actually judges the standard of toilets in HKUST. She is adapted to the standard used in Japan and UK. In Oxford/Cambridge or her boarding school , toilets are very old, but very clean. She had experience of joining programmes in HKUST for past few years. On first one or two years, the toilets were clean. However the toilets were not satisfactory in recent years. If you have a chance to talk to international students (from UK/America), you will find similar impression--HKUST is becoming more Chinese. Most of students/staffs speak Cantonese/Mandarin in campus     English is only class medium.

sschiu

原帖由 Mighty 於 13-08-05 發表
真係好ENVY以上幾位、CTY是要求「If you’re a parent of a very bright child, welcome」的、我就永遠無縁 ...

Mighty不用傷心！未學呢d唔代表小朋友唔bright喎！