Talent Searches offer an opportunity for gifted children to experience learning on prestigious college campuses around the nation, and as importantly, an opportunity to form relationships with like-minded, similar-age peers. Few opportunities open doors for intellectual, social, and emotional growth in gifted children as efficiently as participation in a Talent Search. Many distinguished scientists and philanthropists like Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and Bethany Rubin Henderson, founder of City Fellows, were all Talent Search participants. In this article, the author discovers ways parents of participants felt their family and child benefited as result of participation. Talent Searches are an effective tool for evaluation, a guide for educational placement, and a gateway to educationally advantageous opportunities for high-ability children. (Contains 1 resource and 2 online resources.)