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    Keep in mind that this will not actually allow you to sign up on RealCTY; it will, however,
 
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==Welcome==
 
==Welcome==
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This is ''your'' CTY website. It's yours. A quick intro:  
 
This is ''your'' CTY website. It's yours. A quick intro:  
  
*Help make the wiki even better [[RealCTY:Site support]].
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* Use the [[RealCTY:Community Portal]] to see what's new on the site.
*Use the [[RealCTY: Community Portal]] to meet your friends or to organize for the next session.
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* Find and advertise [[reunions]], and plan with friends for next session.
*Find and advertise [[Current events|reunions]]
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* Play in the [[RealCTY:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
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* 72633455064916235913983 (This was the original content of Prune me, move me, change me, share me.  It does not appear to hold meaning.)
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* Read this [[An open letter from the editor|open letter]] to the CTY community.
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* Maybe if we write Center for Talented Youth on the Main Page, Google will notice us in a search of said words!
  
[[Prune me, move me, change me, share me]].
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'''''Before you start editing, read [[Help:Editing|this page]] first. Then read [[Help:Editing How-Tos|this page]].'''''
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Please do not vandalize the wiki—many people have worked hard on the success of this site.  Deformattings, mass deletions, targeted obscenity, and spamming will result in bannage.
  
If you like this site, please advertise it. Tell your friends, leave notes in your LiveJournal communities, inform your email buddies, put it in your AIM info, and so on! The more, the merrier.
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If you like this site, please advertise it to CTYers you know, or to potential CTYers (that you potentially know!).  The more, the merrier!
  
 
==Navigation==
 
==Navigation==
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===Basics===
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* [[CTY|What is CTY?]]
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** [[CTY expansions]]
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** [[CAA]], [[Baby CTY]], and [[IAAY]]
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* [[Courses]] offered at CTY
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* [[Sites]] where CTY takes place
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===General Reference===
  
===Basics===
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* [[Lexicon]]  
*[[What is CTY]]?
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* [[Hall of Fame]] and [[Hall of Shame]]
*[[Courses]] offered at CTY
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* [[Things we like]]
*[[Sites]] where CTY takes place
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* [[Only at CTY]]
**[[Site:Lancaster|Lancaster]]
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* [[What to bring]] besides the stuff listed in the [http://www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/course_assignment.html Site Guides]
**[[Site:Carlisle|Carlisle]]
 
**[[Site:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]
 
**[[Site:Saratoga Springs|Saratoga Springs]]
 
  
 
===CTY Culture===
 
===CTY Culture===
*[[Lexicon]]
 
*[[Hall of fame]]
 
*[[Hall of shame]]
 
*[[Things we like]]
 
*[[Only at CTY...]]
 
*[[What to bring]] besides the stuff listed in the [http://www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/course_assignment.html Site Guides]
 
*[[Passionfruit]]
 
**[[Passionfruit online]]
 
*[[Dances|Dances]]
 
**[[Canon]]
 
**[[The Afterdance]]
 
  
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* [[Lanyard]]
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* [[Student Hierarchy]]
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* [[Staff]]
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* [[42]] and ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''
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* [[Duct tape]]
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* [[The Game]]
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* [[Dances]]
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** [[Canon]]
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*** "[[American Pie]]"
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** [[Glowsticking|Raving]]
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** The [[Afterdance]]
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* [[Cross-dress Day]]
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* [[Passionfruit]]
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** [[Passionfruit online]]
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===CTY on the Internet===
 
===CTY on the Internet===
*[[Contact CTY]]  
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*[[Mailing lists]]  
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* [[https://cty.jhu.edu The Official CTY site]]
*[[Other CTY websites]]  
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* [[Contact CTY]]  
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* [[Mailing lists]]  
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* [[Other CTY websites]]
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* Facebook Pages for [http://www.facebook.com/pages/CTY/16780773178 CTY] and [http://www.facebook.com/pages/RealCTY/12870341854 RealCTY]
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* [http://www.postctydepression.com Post-CTY Depression], the official CTY forum; affiliated with RealCTY.
  
 
===Essays===
 
===Essays===
*[[Untitled: by EB Saldana]]
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*[[Honey: by Stephanie]]
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* [[An open letter from the editor]]
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* [[Essay:Untitled (EB Saldana)|Untitled, by EB Saldana]]
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* [[Essay:Honey (Stephanie)|Honey, by Stephanie]]
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* [[Essay:Working for CTY (Anonymous)|Some Thoughts on Working for CTY, For CTY Students, by Anonymous]]
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* [[Essay:Of_CTY (Wendeth)|Of CTY, by Wendy]]
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* [[Poem:CTY Perfection (Priya Mehta)|CTY Perfection, by Priya Mehta]]
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Check the [[Essays]] page to post what you think.
 
Check the [[Essays]] page to post what you think.
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===External Essays===
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* [http://www.plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html Five Geek Social Fallacies], by Michael Suileabhain-Wilson
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* [http://www.slate.com/id/2195292 You Are How You Camped], by Timothy Noah
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* [http://www.slate.com/id/2146134/ My summers at nerd camp], by Meghan O'Rourke
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* [http://freefloatinghostility.blogspot.com/2006/07/camp-of-our-own.html A Camp of Our Own], from Free-Floating Hostility
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* [https://mashazee.gumroad.com/l/TinDV Mr. Dictator, What is Love?], by mashazee
  
 
===Beyond CTY===
 
===Beyond CTY===
*[[Reunions]]
 
*[[Other gifted programs]]
 
*[[Scholarships]]
 
*[[Student Hierarchy#Forevermore|Forevermores]]
 
  
===About this site===
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* [[Reunions]]
*[[Logo design contest]]
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* [[Gifted Education]]
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* [[Scholarships]]
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* [[Student Hierarchy#Forevermore|Forevermores]]
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* [[RealCTY:Alumni Association]]
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 11 October 2024

From RealCTY, where a shrug never follows a shrotum.

Welcome

This is your CTY website. It's yours. A quick intro:

  • Use the RealCTY:Community Portal to see what's new on the site.
  • Find and advertise reunions, and plan with friends for next session.
  • Play in the Sandbox.
  • 72633455064916235913983 (This was the original content of Prune me, move me, change me, share me. It does not appear to hold meaning.)
  • Read this open letter to the CTY community.
  • Maybe if we write Center for Talented Youth on the Main Page, Google will notice us in a search of said words!

Before you start editing, read this page first. Then read this page.

Please do not vandalize the wiki—many people have worked hard on the success of this site. Deformattings, mass deletions, targeted obscenity, and spamming will result in bannage.

If you like this site, please advertise it to CTYers you know, or to potential CTYers (that you potentially know!). The more, the merrier!

Navigation

Basics

General Reference

CTY Culture

CTY on the Internet

Essays

Check the Essays page to post what you think.

External Essays

Beyond CTY