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YoHoYoHo
Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:31:10 +0000

The JHU CTY awards ceremony (for certain scores on SAT or ACT) was held each year at university’s which were pretty close to our house (30 mins or less). Thus I basically told the kids (and DH) to go to their ceremonies to receive their awards. I’m a fan of ceremonies/graduations/awards because I think it that is good to honor one’s achievements out loud. And it was fun when the kids would see some of their classmates at the ceremonies as well. If it was far away, I wouldn’t invest in flying or getting a hotel or anything. No, the award is not really prestigious for college applications because kids will be doing even bigger and better things in HS than in elementary school or middle school. But I think it’s important to celebrate one’s achievements as they come and not just poo poo it because they will get even bigger achievements in the future. They receive the certificate and handshake. They have a brief academic/inspirational talk at the beginning. The college where it is being held will toss in some promotional info to make you consider their college. In the Los Angeles area, maybe 200 kids in attendance? Don’t remember how many kids were on the awards list in total (i.e. I can’t remember the number of no-shows for their award, but it was definitely a large number…maybe 30% of kids show up to collect their certificate?)

If kid does not go to the award ceremony, then JHUCTY will mail kid the award certificate.