Women's Technology Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
If you applied for summer 2009 you should have received an email message on Wednesday, April 1st with your admissions decision. We are not accepting any additional applications.
If you have questions about your recently submitted WTP application, it is easier for us to respond by email wtp@mit.edu than by phone.
Who should apply to WTP?
Female
students now in grade 11 who:
- love
and excel at math and science,
but have very little or no prior experience in engineering or computer science
- would like to experience hands-on activities where they design and build engineering projects
- enjoy problem solving and collaborative
learning
- want to spend 4 summer weeks challenigng their minds, working hard, and making friends with girls from around the U.S. who share their math and science interests.
Download our 2009 Flyer for general information about WTP.
Sixty participants (40 for EECS and 20 for ME) are selected from a nationwide applicant pool of the top female 11th grade math and science students. Students must reside in the U.S. (or be U.S. citizens if living outside the U.S. ).
The primary criteria for acceptance are a strong curiosity about engineering or computer science and a demonstrated ability to excel in math and science. Students should be able to handle college-level material at a rapid pace, but should not have completed prior coursework or summer programs in engineering. Physics and calculus are not prerequisites.
Applicants are accepted based on the strength of their math and science grades, evaluations by a math and a science teacher, personal statements, and scores on the PSAT, SAT, or ACT. PSAT math scores of students accepted in 2008 ranged from 58-80 with median of 73.
We are looking for students who are not yet certain about their future college majors, and who would like to explore engineering and computer science to determine whether these fields might be of interest.
NOTE: WTP has very different acceptance criteria than MIT Admissions. In many cases students are not accepted to WTP because they have already covered some or all of the WTP curriculum, so spending four weeks at WTP will not expose them to new material or opportunities. Non-acceptance to WTP has no bearing whatsoever on a student's chances of future acceptance by MIT, and we do not share any information about our applicants with MIT admissions.
Check out our Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) page
for more information about WTP.
Our goal is that all admitted students be able to attend WTP regardless of their family financial situation. Admissions decisions are made independent of financial aid requests.
There is no fee to apply to WTP. If you are admitted, the standard tuition is $3,000, and students are responsible for their own transportation to MIT. However, based on family financial need, students can be awarded scholarships ranging from a partial tuition discount to a full scholarship including travel reimbursement (attend for free).
Be sure to fill out the last page of the WTP application
if you want to request financial assistance.
How to Apply
Information and forms for summer 2010 will be on this page at the end of October 2009.
We are no longer taking applications for summer 2009,
and admissions decisions were sent to applicants on April 1.
If you applied for summer 2009 we notified you by email on April 1st to tell you whether or not you are admitted to WTP.
If you applied and did not receive an email, first check your spam file to see if our messge was filtered as spam. If you cannot find our message, you may email us at wtp@mit.edu and we will inform you of your status. PLEASE DO NOT PHONE us, because we are unable to handle hundreds of calls.
All 60 students have been selected and confirmed that they are attending,
so admissions 2009 is officially closed.