<p>Or is it taught by high school teachers? And how competitive is it to get in?</p>
<p>CTY classes, depending on what class you take, is usually taught by graduate students and college professors. As for getting in, you need to get a certain SAT or ACT score according to your grade level and which classes you would want to take.</p>
<p>Check out the Table at their website: [Summer</a> Programs](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/oselig.html]Summer”>http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/oselig.html)</p>
<p>Typically, instructors are professors and TAs are grad students. However, there are some exceptions. For example, I took History of Disease one summer through CTY which was taught by an MD. Admissions to CTY is theoretically very challenging. Students who score in the 95%ile are eligible to take the SAT in 7th grade. From there, 30% qualify for CTY. So, that means about the top 1% are eligible to take CTY classes. Many people on this board disagree and think CTY is much less competitive.</p>
<p>@raideraide: I would say that for middle schoolers, CTY (and Duke Tip, etc.) is pretty much as good as it gets (except for JHU SET). When you get to high school, the options open up a bit…TASP, etc.</p>
<p>Well SET doesn’t really run its own programs, so I think CTY would be the only option for those super high achievers. I agree that there are many more competitive options for high schoolers, but, I think it should rank above your typical precollege program in terms of selectivity.</p>