We hope that you were transformed by BWSI this year – here’s an opportunity for you to thank the instructors, TA’s, and staff for putting together this terrific program.
Please go to this form and we will share them out. You may have emailed or posted on Slack or Discord, but add something here too- it’s great to hear from you and it’s really appreciated!
College Recommendations!
For MIT recommendations: Please use “other” or “supplemental” for our role. Do not use “educator” for our role, as it asks questions that we cannot answer.
Many of our alum request recommendations for college which we are happy to provide but as we get hundreds of requests, we have to streamline the process.
When you apply to a college, you must use bwsi-rec@mit.edu as the email address for recommendations and fill out this Recommendation Request Form. This is the email address for that sites such as Common App and MIT recommendations use. If you do not use this email address, we will not be able to submit.
We ask in the request form to include your resume and a document describing where you are applying, and what your interests are for college, so that we can help improve your rec letter. We do not provide recommendations directly to students.
Some instructors prefer to the point of contact for a college recommendation. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT FOR A COLLEGE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COURSES BELOW. Instead, please email the appropriate instructor with the links to the sites to submit YOUR RECOMMENDATION. We do not provide recommendations directly to students.
- Remote Sensing: Sam Scheele (bwsi_instructors_rsdr@mit.edu)
- Serious Games: Rob Seater
- Quantum Software: Melvin Lin
- UAS-SAR: Ben Marcotte
- Autonomous Drone Racing: Immanuel A Mensah
Internship opportunities for students after BWSI
Our sponsors understand that the best and brightest are coming here for courses and offer internships to selected students attending BWSI for the following summer.
| Company | Application Link | Deadline | Job Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Laboratory | Summer internships Summer research program | See specific job listing | Lexington, MA |
| Microelectronics | https://microelectronics-internships.org/ | See website for college freshmen and sophomores | Multiple |
| Raytheon RTX | Job info | August 26, 2024 | Cambridge, MA |
| Draper Laboratory | Draper Student Employment opportunities | Multiple | |
| BAE Systems | jobs.baesystems.com (Tech Intern – High School) | Burlington, MA | |
| MITRE | Summer Internships | ||
| DoD STEM | Summer Internships | ||
| American Association for Cancer Research | Scholarships and Internships | ||
| John Deere | Internships for College Students |
Student competitions to show off your skills
We hope that we challenged you to learn new skills and technologies this year and want to continue to challenge you to take your hard won skills to new projects to find innovative solutions!
To that end, here is a list of Science and Invention related awards, grants, and contests that we encourage you to apply your skills and make the world a better place (and make sure you let us know when you win!)
| Competition | Link | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLVE(ED) | https://solve.mit.edu/solv-ed | Check website | Multiple opportunities |
| NASA TechRise Challenge | https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise | November | Take this opportunity- it’s from NASA!! |
| MIT Lemelson InvenTeams | https://lemelson.mit.edu/inventeams | See website | Different programs for age groups |
| AFCEA | https://intelsummit.org/Epic-App-Challenge | Check website | EPIC’s annual competition previously focused exclusively on the development of software applications to address specific and relatively narrow national security technology challenges. With the increasing severity, complexity, and frequency of state and non-state cyberattacks to steal, malignly influence, and damage public and private sector targets, the EPIC Challenge has broadened the aperture of acceptable solutions to include not only custom software applications, but also demonstrations of security techniques and digital forensics as described below. Winners will be announced during the in-person Intelligence and National Security Summit, which begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, September 15. |
| Women in Data Science | https://www.widsconference.org/datathon.html | See website | Be sure to check the website for worldwide conferences too! |
| MITRE eCTF | https://ectf.mitre.org/ | See website for more details | Embedded Capture the Flag competition open to students (Cybersecurity and Embedded Systems) |
Regeneron Science for Society and the Public | International Science & Engineering Fair Application! | Open through November 9, see website for more details | This is a HUGE competition for Grades 9-12 that has cash prizes! |
| Mass Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) | https://scifair.com/ | See website for more details | Grades 6-12 in Massachusetts |
| Samsung | Solve for Tomorrow | See website | For high school students. Teachers submit student project ideas |
| Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program | https://www.jshs.org/ | See website for details | Grades 9-12; scholarship awards and teacher awards too |
| NCSSS Student Symposium | NCSSS | See website | Grades 10-12, Open to students in NCSSS affiliates (like many Math and Science Academies) |
| 2022 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference | URTC Website | See website | Submission dates start in July! Conference is Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2022 |
| Hack MIT Competition | HackMIT | See website FAQ | 13yrs old and up, participants are encouraged to form teams |
| Blueprint | Request for Info Form | Event is in February See website for more details | Blueprint is a weekend-long learnathon and hackathon for local high school students held on MIT’s campus. Learn from MIT students, make new friends, and make something cool! |
| CTE Mission: CubeSat | Info on program | The challenge seems to be over | For CubeSat-ers! This is an event for high school teams and teachers. |
| Big list of science competitions | IDTech Website | Multiple, see individual links | Varies by competition |
| Space4Youth Competition | Info page | Check website | Sponsored by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| ZeroRobotics | https://zerorobotics.mit.edu/ | Check website | For middle school students |
You can find additional education opportunities on our resources page!
And if you still need ideas- check out this document from the United Nations: The Worlds Hardest Problems
We look forward to seeing your solutions!
– BWSI staff
Location
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
Contact: bwsi-admin@mit.edu
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