Students Experience
Forty outstanding Czech and Slovak students received in the years 2010 - 2014 a full scholarship to the summer program CTY Summer organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth in the US, and they gained the opportunity to spend three weeks with equally talented and ambitious students from around the world in the summer program CTY United States, Ireland and Hong Kong.
Students were enthusiastic about the program:
Veronika Ambrožová, Gymnázium Kpt. Jaroše, Brno
"What I really liked about local educational attitude was the way we have been shown how to apply learned strategies in real life. I find this approach very beneficial. As a consequence, not only the students come to understand the topic more naturally, but they also consider its uses and overall, remember more in the end. Altogether, my summer experience gave me not just new contacts, friends and acquaintances, but also an insight into the American educational system and the possibilities of how to become a part of it."
Petr Houška, Gymnázium Jírovcova, České Budějovice
"Speaking of social interactions I must say that I haven’t met such open, nice, and generally interesting people before. And the best thing is that almost everyone is willing to share their story and listen to yours which makes both getting to know new cultures and practising English even easier."
Zuzana Hromcová, Gymnázium Velká Okružná, Žilina
"The course I was studying was called The Mathematics of Competitive Behavior and it was held at Princeton University, New Jersey. The main topic was game theory but we also learned something from economics, combinatorics and real-life applications of the game theory such as in politics or economics."
Tomáš Kremelt, Gymnázium Jakuba Škody Komenského, Přerov
"Thank you for this opportunity, the experiences, getting to meet people, and to see many incredible things.I am glad I could meet my donors, that I could speak with you and that we have some common memories."
Lenka Šlegerová, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy, Praha
"Meeting all of the talented and clever people at the university even increased my desire to study, learn new things and grab every possible opportunity. I would have never experienced all of these things without AFCSLS and theiramazing offer. I wish everyone had the same chance."
Mojmír Stehlík, Gymnázium Trebišovská 12, Košice
"Landing at Newark International Airport and seeing the skyline of Manhattan on the other side of the little airplane window into which you have to so uncomfortably lean in order to see the land beneath, I was unable to stop a question from repeatedly coming up in my head: “What did I do to deserve this?”In front of me were three weeks of the Center for Talented Youth at Princeton – probably the best summer education a high school student can get. There were many other people applying for the view I was just enjoying and I still could not believe I was lucky enough to make it all the way here."
Tomáš Zahradník, Gymnázium Oty Pavla, Radotín
“Three weeks for the rest of life” is the motto of my experience.
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