sunriseiz Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Has anyone done this? DD is 8 and technically in 2nd grade based on birthdate. I am really looking for something 'more' to challenge her. I looked at CTY and EPGY, but the cost is incredible. She tested for a local program and I think she'd qualify for these programs, but she doesn't have any official test scores at the moment, so I am trying to figure out the options. (I don't see a point in spending money on testing if there's nothing it can be used for on the other end.) The TIP independent learning at least looks like it might be affordable. Any suggestions??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandJsMama Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 We just recently joined DUKE TIP after taking the SCAT through JH CTY. My son is currently working through one of the "free" courses that are accessible upon membership. It is an Introduction to Cryptology course. So far, he likes it. It is mostly independent but challenges him enough that I need to stick close. It is interesting to him and I expect I will purchase their more in-depth course when he is done with this (the intro. lessons are very short and won't take him longer than a week or two, working on it for recreation.) I think their prices are low enough for me to give them a try. They are certainly more affordable that CTY or EPGY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thanks for the reply. That helps a lot! We were looking at the possibility of having her take the SCAT through JH CTY, but when I looked at the cost for courses I had sticker shock. :001_huh: Out of curiosity, how old is your son? It looks like my daughter would be on the very young end right now to get any potential benefit beyond some of these classes. I am going to look at the cryptology course...that sounds like something right up her alley! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandJsMama Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 My son is 9, technically in 4th grade. I didn't know about the free courses until we signed up so I'm not sure you can find the class I'm referring to. They do have a next-level cryptology class listed, and I expect they would be similar. The class is basically just a website that he reads and it has some interaction - he takes little quizzes, there are links for him to explore, etc. But it isn't personalized in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 We just recently joined DUKE TIP after taking the SCAT through JH CTY. My son is currently working through one of the "free" courses that are accessible upon membership. It is an Introduction to Cryptology course. So far, he likes it. It is mostly independent but challenges him enough that I need to stick close. It is interesting to him and I expect I will purchase their more in-depth course when he is done with this (the intro. lessons are very short and won't take him longer than a week or two, working on it for recreation.) I think their prices are low enough for me to give them a try. They are certainly more affordable that CTY or EPGY. Was your son able to transfer his SCAT scores from CTY to Duke? I couldn't figure out if that was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandJsMama Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yes, easily. From what I recall, DUKE TIP just had me pick from a pop-up menu which test I was submitting for qualifying scores. I picked SCAT and that was it. They didn't even verify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks. They didn't ask you to send the score report? How did you find out if the scores from the SCAT were high enough? Thanks again, sometimes it's hard to figure this all out without the help of someone who's BTDT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandJsMama Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 No, they didn't ask me for the score report. I was surprised about that. A few days after he took the SCAT test, we logged into CTY and checked our account. His scores were posted with his percentile ranking. And then, about a week after that, we received a hard-copy of the scores in the mail with an explanation of the scoring and a nifty certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseballmom Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I was wondering if you could direct me to the free courses from Duke TIP? My son is a member and we got the distance learning brochure today, but I don't see any free courses. Am I missing something? Dorothy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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