What is CTYI? *new*

CTYI is a nation of it's own. Although you are in Dublin, you (or at least I) don't feel like you are in Dublin. It's a completely different experience. Even when you go to different parts of Dublin while in CTYI, it still doesn't feel like Dublin. It's the most amazing place on earth, and the only place on earth where I can survive for more than 5 minutes without a computer . I think I can safely say that they were the best 3 weeks of my life (I've only done it once).

Peoples Republic of C.O.C.K.!!!

ya, for three weeks in your summer you get to become an intricate part of the fledgling nation that is ctyi ,.,

Seriously though, your first week after going home is like walking into a different country... very strange

CTYI changed my life for the better.

Not actually in the spirit of the thread ( I'm sure CTYI IS practically orgasmic) but how are the entrants picked? I did the SATs and got 660 in verbal and 670 in maths, but nowhere in the internet does it say if that's good or bad compared to anyone else, or if I have a place etc. I've sent away my entry form. (that thing's like a scavenger hunt!) Can anyone tell me, or are the inner workings of "Nerd Camp" closely guarded secrets? I just want to CTYI!

My Bad. Just edited. Yes, I've applied, and I got a Celebration invite too.

If you're invited to the ceremony, of course you're in!

jono087 wrote:

ya, for three weeks in your summer you get to become an intricate part of the fledgling nation that is ctyi ,.,

Seriously though, your first week after going home is like walking into a different country... very strange

Yeah, I got that too. Didn't realise why people stared at me on the street. Then I noticed how I was dressed CTYIers respect differences as opposed to being ignorant chunks of excrement like people are in the real world. That's what made it special for me. Getting used to it again was annoying.

hmm.. I was attracted to this post because of the inordinate numer of posts and as an ex-ctyier i thought it would be interesting tho see what others had to say. However after seeing the hyperbole of the first page i wasn't arsed reading the rest and as my faint nostalgia turned to bitter cynicism i decided to post my own reaction to it.

Firstly the experiences, testimonies and general bull**** that have been posted remind me the kind of stuff that i heard after Kairos, a cultish religous retreat with with born again undertones. I am amazed that for many of you it morphed from a two week study course with unihoc to a deeply spirtual, emotional event.
For me ctyi was informative, interesting but far from a life defining experience.

The point that really galls me is that many of you revel in it exclusivness. Its been called "a nation of its own", "unlike anywhere else on earth" and generally lauded for keeping you isolated in your own little pretentious pseudo intelluctal world. I understand that many of you find it difficult to interact with people that can't qoute the entire "life of brian" but the solution to that is hardly to develop a little enclave of nerdiness that acts as the highlight of your year and a bastion from the "rough boys" who don't appreciate your "uniqeness".

You see i enjoyed CTYI but it didn't approach the utopia that many of the posters claim it to be. (generalisation alert) It is a camp for kids who think they are more intelligent than they are, with middle/upper class parents whose upwardly mobile aspirations and love for their socially retarded offspring results in them spending HUGE amounts of money so their precious child can mix with similar children and feel superior, unique and maybe for the first time get a girl/boy friend.

You see boys and girls its just another bastion of class privilege perpetuating
the division between rich and poor and manual and mental labour.

Have a good time, enjoy it, make friends but get over it.
Lol. Now i feel refreshed