I don’t think anyone has made thread for this yet, but if someone has, please let me know!
Harvey Mudd is hosting its first Women’s Introduction to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (WISTEM) for HS juniors! This thread is for anyone who has applied and is waiting for a response 
I haven’t applied yet but I’m planning on it, and I’m currently working on my essay Best of luck to everyone!
What did you put down when asked for a resume? An actual work resume, or scientific achievements?
I already have a resume for internships, so I’m using that but I picked out the things that it seems that they were looking for (“extracurricular achievements, positions held, and/or honors received”) and left out most of the other stuff. Not all of it is super science-y but I wanted to leave in everything I felt was significant.
I guess just do whatever you feel is right, and if you’re really not sure, you can email the woman who is running the program. I emailed her before, and she got back to me in about a day, so you should still have time.
(jeez I’m such a wordy person. keeping the essay down to 500 words is a real struggle xD)
Hey there! I’m applying too making final adjustments to my essay/resume and I agree, 500 words is hard!! I’m nervous about getting in though, since I read only 20 people get selected. But it seems like an amazing program!
Yeah, I can believe that. Harvey Mudd is such a tiny school to begin with! When I first started thinking about applying, it was just like ‘this can be practice for writing an application essay and accepting rejection’ but now I really love the program and it would be an absolute dream to get selected! At least they’re planning on getting back to us rather quickly
That’s actually a really good way to think about it, thanks for that positive perspective lol. It would be awesome if we got selected! I’ve always wanted to learn computer science but I haven’t really had the chance yet. Do you know when we will hear back from the college?
Nevermind - finally submitted my app and it said we should hear back by the 29th. Good luck everyone
Yeah I’m kind of in the same boat with CS. I go to a specialized school for health care sciences so my curriculum is super science-heavy which is great but there isn’t a whole lot of room to explore other fields. We don’t have a lot of electives to begin with and this year I can’t even take any electives. Next year I’m planning on taking intro to video game programming which is the closest thing my school offers to a CS class that isn’t restricted to the students in the CS track
hi! I was just notified of my acceptance. Are there any other girls on here that got in as well?
I got in!! I’m so excited!!! (as evident by my annoying amount of exclamation points) My dad wants to discuss it with my mom before I fill out the registration as it’s across the country (I live in NJ) but I can’t imagine they’d say I can’t go. I’m kind of freaking out right now xD
I wonder how selective it was. Regardless, I’m sure it will be an edifying experience
Yeah, I’m not sure how selective it was. My friend also applied, but didn’t get in. They said in the FAQs that there is only room for 20 participants, but I wonder how many applied.
well I hope you go through with the program! I’m from Chicago btw (just to give you a picture of the demographics)
Hey guys! For those who applied, was your essay formal or colloquial? I’m working on my essay right now, and I was told by a peer editor that my essay was notably formal/looks like I’m trying to show off my vocab… hahaha…
For me, I’d say my essay was more colloquial? I really like writing stories so I feel like all of my essays have been more like story-telling with essay stuff written into the anecdotes. If you’d like, I can read through your essay. Just DM me
Has anyone been notified of their decision yet? Good luck to everyone who has applied!
Has anyone gotten an email yet? I expected we’d hear by now 
I haven’t gotten mine either, does everyone get an email even if they were rejected?
Just got mine, I got in!! Congrats to anyone else I look forward to meeting you all!