<p>Did anyone get accepted to this program?</p>
<p>This person did:</p>
<p>Thanks, schrizto.</p>
<p>I have referred Silicon Valley students to SES at SCU for about 3 years. Those who attended always state how they wish the program lasted more than just a week. </p>
<p>SCU also has a Young</a> Scholars Program, but it costs $950, is not a residential program, and I don't know anyone who has actually attended.</p>
<p>I will be leaving for this program tomorrow. For anyone that is interested, I'll be posting a follow up in five days!</p>
<p>Thanks to gsp for reminding me. I almost forgot! Okay, here goes:</p>
<p>For those familiar with the campus, the participants lived in Graham 400 Residence Hall (boys first floor, girls second floor). Two people shared a dorm. My roommate was from Seattle, so it was cool getting to know people from out-of-state. I believe there were people from nine different states (HI, CA, OR, WA, UT, CO, NJ, GA, FL). We utilized the facilities of the School of Engineering only. When we ate lunch/dinner, it was either in Adobe Lodge (faculty lounge!) or Benson Parlor. Curfew was usually 11 PM (just had to be in a room/dorm, not hanging out in the hallways, etc). The dorm counselors were pretty lenient (I was up till 1 AM in the computer room). Curfew for the last night was 2 AM cause of the dance and games.</p>
<p>Day 1: The first thing we did was the campus tour. They are currently building the new library, so there was a lot of construction going on. Other than that, there wasn't a lot of people (it's still summer, after all). We had a couple of icebreakers. Our first activity was Duct-Tape Olympics. We had to duct-tape one member of the group to the wall. After that, we had to duct-tape a hammock for someone to sit in it. Then we had a meeting with our respective counselors (we always had a meeting every night to review what went well and what didn't).</p>
<p>Day 2: We took an introduction to engineering class to start it off. It was informative for a lot of us, since there were a number of students interested in engineering as a future career. After that, we had a bridge designer course, where we built bridges on the computer. Later that day, there were some other courses, including a designer course and an elective course of your choice. I went to a sustainable engineering class, where I was able to test the quality of water (hard, soft) of nearby cities. Recreation time was always from 4 to 6 PM. People watched movies, used the computers, played soccer, etc. Dinner was always off-campus, but the food was great. We viewed an admissions presentation of SCU after dinner. Lastly, we had a LEGOS competition for fun to conclude the day.</p>
<p>Day 3: We spent all morning with some robotics and programming. It was really cool because I never got to work with robots. In the afternoon, we had a class on college life. The instructor gave us tips on how to manage a heavy courseload and maintain a social life. Furthermore, we had a creativity class and formed our own groups after the lecture. Everyone was given a task to create a vehicle that could carry a penny for fifteen feet (without hitting side cones), but the only source of energy was a rubber band. The competition would take place on the morning of Day 5. We started working on it in class. We also had time to work on the project that night. At night, our icebreaker was Junk Pile Wars, where we had to build a glider out of scratch and successfully transport an egg from a height of three stories.</p>
<p>Day 4: In the morning, there was a class on design, where we viewed a video. Afterwards, there was a class on using Excel, and we graphed the data provided. There was another class on robotics in the afternoon, where we programmed commands into the robot to go through obstacles. We attended our second elective afterwards. I had chosen Programming with Alice, but unfortunately, the instructor never showed up. I ended up getting extra recreation time, which was a good thing. The rest of the day was really relaxed. We had time to work on the vehicle. Later that night, there were many alternative options: there was the dance, which was going on upstairs, and card games and twister downstairs. There were two computer rooms available if anyone wanted to use the Internet. It was probably the best night of the program for me because I got to know a lot of people that night. I ended up getting locked out of my dorm in the early morning, so I spent most of the time in another dorm, sleeping uncomfortably on a chair.</p>
<p>Day 5: We held the competition for the vehicle transportation of a penny. My group ended up winning, traveling a little more than 17 feet. After that, we had the BBQ and closing ceremony. It was a bittersweet ending, and I really enjoyed the program.</p>
<p>Overall, it was a good experience. I would definitely recommend it if you have an interest in engineering. If you are unsure about your future, you may want to apply to see if engineering is for you, and while you're at it, you get to experience college life. Hope this post was helpful. If anyone has questions or concerns, feel free to message me.</p>
<p>Has anyone been accepted to Santa Clara University’s Summer Engineering Seminar yet? I know they should be sending out their application status letters sometime this month.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I have too good of a chance. I got over 700 on my SAT sections but I don’t really have too much involvement with engineering at school or anything.
Just curious about everyone else’s status.</p>
<p>I JUST GOT ACCEPTED!!! Woo!!! :]</p>
<p>@ augustagurl: Did you get in?
And who in high school really has any engineering experience? aha</p>
<p>Who else got in people??</p>
<p>what do they look for in their application</p>
<p>I just got an acceptance email for the 2010 Summer Engineering Seminar</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted there for this summer. She has scheduling conflicts with some other programs/jobs, and she is trying to figure out the value of the program. If you have gone to the program in the past, can you comment on its usefullness? She would like to use the program to help her gauge whether or not to apply to engineering programs this fall, as she has very little engineering experience. Any comments?</p>
<p>i just got accepted as well, does anyone know how many people attend each session?</p>
<p>This program is going to clash with my first week of school and my mum doesnt realy want me to go coz i got accepted into session 3(aug 8-12)…</p>
<p>About 34 attend each session…</p>
<p>Bookmarked</p>
<p>anyone going…from what state …anyone from GA? or other?</p>
<p>How many (white male) juniors typically get into this program (it says rising seniors get preference, and they are looking for females and URMs it sounds like)?</p>
<p>Thank you kchen for the great followup report! It was really helpful.</p>
hey i was wondering if you could give some tips for people who are applying to this program. thanks