<p>MIT WTP is a very good way for women to gain entrance to MIT. The program brags that up to two-thirds of WTP attendees who apply to MIT get in. WTP, however, is for women exploring and gaining an introduction into engineering; if you are already deeply into programming or mech engineering, you may not be a good fit for the program because you’ve already studied those areas. You’re going to have to judge those puts-and-takes yourself and the other MIT summer program for independent research might be the better one for you.</p>