I wasn't terribly active in CTY - but the times I was involved it was excellent. I met other kids that could "keep up with me" (with perspective, that actually

I wasn't terribly active in CTY - but the times I was involved it was excellent. I met other kids that could "keep up with me" (with perspective, that actually means "could fill in the blanks since I was bad at explaining"), and had an environment that celebrated success, even if it meant you colored out of the lines. That is to say, if I skipped ahead in programming class and made stuff into functions, I was both congratulated and saw that a couple other kids had done so too. I only recall taking two classes with CTY - a class on fractals and tessellation, and an intro to programming class. They were both excellent, and I made friends and learned in both. Would highly recommend.