Welcome to BWSI 2025!

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BWSI 2025 Assignments

BWSI Assignments for students- we will post ‘global’ assignments that are separate from your individual courses here.  Most upload links are dropbox folders which do not provide a confirmation email or allow you to check the file after, you will see “Finished uploading” message if you are successful.

For end of program certificates they will be sent out after the program.  These take time to complete, and we will update this page with a date they have been sent out.

For students looking for college recommendations, there are assignments marked as required to completed to be eligible.

Assignment Name	Description	Due date
Postcard to BWSI	Required Assignment: Tell us about yourself 🙂 s Please use coursename_lastname_firstname when you upload but don’t worry about resubmitting if you have already. (Submissions are closed)	6/20
Essay contest on You Belong in STEM	Optional Assignment: Please submit a short essay of 500 words or less – choose one question to answer, we will select the top essays for each. Question 1 – What does the future of STEM look like with you in it? Paint a picture of your dream job, research, invention, and your possible contribution. Question 2 – How do you hope to use STEM to make a difference in your community or the world? Describe an issue that matters to you and how STEM can help solve it.  Question 3 -Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong in STEM? Share how you faced challenges such as stereotypes, self-doubt, or lack of representation—and what helped you push through. Please upload to the Dropbox as a PDF/.docx/text file. Please use coursename_lastname_firstname, question# when you upload.	7/20
YOUR personal video about you and your BWSI experience (1-2min video)	Required assignment: We do survey’s about the technical content but this is a chance for us to hear you, about your experiences! Suggestions to talk about include: • What makes you excited about learning and BWSI? • Why did you say “yes” to the enrollment? • What have you learned about yourself? • Who have you made connections with? There’s no formula to this and we hope that this helps guide you. Please upload to this link. Please use coursename_lastname_firstname when you upload.	7/21
Moments of discovery or failures! (1-2min video)	Optional Assignment: Individuals or teams as they work together and reach goals. Please upload to here.	7/25
Team presentation videos for Final Event (5in video)	This is a google drive folder if you need to collaborate or share to get help. Recording your final team presentation is not required, but this is strongly encouraged. Talk with your instructors about final presentations that are live presentations vs recorded presentation. Here’s some suggestions from MIT Video Productions. Please make sure the Coursename_TeamName is in the filename!	7/31
Team Zoom Collage/Screenshot	Make sure the Coursename_TeamName is in the filename and upload to this folder as a .jpg, .pdf, or .png file!	7/30

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Events & Seminars

Seminar Questions Form – Intended for in-person student to add unasked questions to virtual Q&A sent to guest lecturers after seminar.

July 8: College fair in MIT Building 10, Room 250 for in-person and local students (signup is closed)

July 17: Women’s Networking Night on Zoom, professionals from across different careers and stages talking about their experiences and motivations. Panelists Biographies: here ; Sign up: here

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In-Person courses:  MIT’s Map and link to seminar location (MIT 34-101)

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Virtual courses:  link to seminar zoom meeting

Our YouTube playlist of recorded seminars