I think congratulations are in order

[The Kid]

Lol, 3 NAGTY members then? Anyone else?

TK

[morris]

I got a letter a couple of weeks ago asking me if I wanted to join NAGTY, the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, and my application was accepted yesterday.

Apparantly this means i'm in the top 5% of the country academically.

Of course, i'm not one to blow my own trumpet ;-) .

Time for a bit of shameless advertising: the NAGTY website

so which university accepted you?

HARVARD? YALE? MIT?

[Brainbox]

so which university accepted you?

?

NAGTY is an organisation, not a university.

[The Kid]

Are you going to any upcoming events, Brainbox? I'm thinking I'll go to the Chinese Taster Day, and possibly the Film/Media thing. Have you been to any of these?

TK

[Brainbox]

I've not been to any, but I may go to some in the future. Not just yet though, I want to get my exams out of the way first.

[JoeMI6]

Well done guys, hope you can use your superior intellects to EB take over the world ;-)

[zouave]

I don't live in Europe so I don't have a clue what NAGTY is. *wacko* But I can tell it has to do with college

and education.I'm about to recieve an award for taking and getting a high score on my ACT.[i got a 18]

I'm getting the award because I'm not even out of middle school yet.It was some DUKE tip thing.

Congrats to the NAGTY guys. :-)

[Brainbox]

Congratulations. What's an ACT might I ask?

[The Kid]

Hmm. According to the latest e-mail newsletter NAGTY's closing down.

TK

[Brainbox]

I can't find anything on the website, though. Although I've not really looked that hard.

I didn't bother with the e-mails, but does it say any more than that? Anymore than 'it's closing'?

[The Kid]

Uh, yes. Oops.

This will be our final student e-Newsletter as the contract for the University of Warwick to run the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) expires on 31 August. We have enjoyed working with you and hope that we helped you to achieve more highly, grow more confident and at the same time make some good friends. We are sure that CfBT Education Trust will continue to offer services of similar quality and interest. Keep a close eye on the website over the coming weeks for more details about the closedown of NAGTY services.

And a Message From CfBT:

CfBT will be managing the national gifted and talented programme from 1 September. Here is a message for members from them:

Young Gifted and Talented (YG&T) is the new name for the National Programme for Gifted and Talented Education (NPGATE).

YG&T will celebrate and build upon best practice, particularly in the achievements of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. YG&T will bring together new approaches, people and opportunities in the provision of services, not just for you as a learner but for the entire G&T education community nationally. You will have access to a large range of local, online, face to face and summer school activities all available for selection from an online catalogue. We look forward to bringing you exciting and engaging programmes and services well into the future.

We also welcome your ideas and suggestions and look forward to working with you to create the best programme possible.

YG&T will officially launch on 1 September, in the meantime visit the website at www.cfbt.co.uk

So, uh, yeah, oops.

TK

[LordGalewind]

I dont think its something incredible to be a recognized person of these orgainzations. Its nice to be in one, but there are many places recognizing people just to boost the confidence of the academic public. They may offer many benefits, but the thing is they really cannot bring you further into what you can do, its just on organization, not a university. It is simply just saying that your smart and thats it. If you truly want to show that you are gifted then accomplish something. Sorry to say but I've been through several of these, and they have either told me things I know, are useless, and dont amount to much. I can tell you, I'm the salutatorian in my class and universities are more willing to look at what you can do than what you are involved in. I do hope you have good fortunes in the future with your academics.

[zouave]

Congratulations. What's an ACT might I ask?

It's a test you take to determin what class of college you can go to.

[Starwars4J]

Yes, an ACT is middle-america's version of the SAT ;-)

[LordGalewind]

The ACT is the american college test covering first the multiple-choice tests containing English, mathematics, reading, and science and the writing test, which is optional, measures skill in planning and writing a short essay.

[Brainbox]

Ah right, thanks.

I dont think its something incredible to be a recognized person of these orgainzations.

I never said it was. It's just nice to be properly recognised. Sure, my friends have always thought of me as 'the clever one' and my marks reflect that, but it's nice to have it stated as 'fact.'

They may offer many benefits, but the thing is they really cannot bring you further into what you can do, its just on organization, not a university.

Actually, I've not really gained anything much from it yet. However, when applying to Uni, or writing my CV, it's just an extra thing I can add. It 'looks good.'

If you truly want to show that you are gifted then accomplish something.

Not reallty my style. I prefer to be 'silently brilliant' :-D . But all my friends rely on me all the same.

I do hope you have good fortunes in the future with your academics.

Why thank you. :-)