If so, wtf is it all about other than having your kid take the SAT/ACT early?
and after it was all said and done, was it worth doing?
and after it was all said and done, was it worth doing?
quote:I didn't tell anyone cause I figured they'd call me a dork. I had a reputation to uphold.
After that everyone thought I was the smart kid in school. It took a couple years to prove them all wrong!
quote:I was already known as the dork.
I didn't tell anyone cause I figured they'd call me a dork. I had a reputation to uphold.
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Not sure how much it changed, but way back when I did it, if you scored high enough and had a good overall resume/application, you had the opportunity to start college at Duke your Jr year of high school, so basically your Jr and Sr years of high school were also your Fr and So years of college. I know I declined because I didn't want to miss out on sports and other high school extracurricular activities that came with your last two years of high school. Plus, I had my heart and mind set on going to A&M, not Duke.
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Thanks for the Info everybody.
I think I'll have my kid take the ACT since she did best on the Science and reading, but not so fantastic on the math.
There is no way she would want to go to camp in NC, she is exceptionally shy.
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Thanks for the Info everybody.
I think I'll have my kid take the ACT since she did best on the Science and reading, but not so fantastic on the math.
There is no way she would want to go to camp in NC, she is exceptionally shy.
A&M hosts Duke TIP camps every summer. They are held all over, not just in NC
quote:Yeah, I think it's expanded out a bit since some some of us older folks were in school. My nephew was invited a few years ago and they had camps/programs at all kinds of different college campuses so they could pick from travel options.
Duke might run the program, but other schools use it to let you start college early / finish high school concurrently. I was invited to do that at UNT, and one of my roommates did that before he transferred to college station. He was a huge dork.
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I took it in 7th grade and thought it was a really cool experience. Gave me an idea what to expect a few years later. I remember scoring a 1020 and then looking to see what schools I could get in with that score. It was fun walking around school saying I could get into (insert school).
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GoAgs92, how do you know for sure she wouldn't go? She might surprise you. I'm sure you know your daughter but this isn't really "camp" - she'd be in a college dorm and taking classes. Might be good for her to branch out and challenge herself in that way