Summer Camp Info

When:
Sunday, June 20 to Saturday, June 26, 2010
Where:
The University of Texas at Austin
Maps & Directions:
Application Deadline:

Friday, March 26, 2010

Notification of Acceptance:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

 

Contact Information

Mary Esther Middleton

Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: firstbytes@cs.utexas.edu
Utopia

First Bytes Summer Camp

First Bytes Summer Camp

 

2009 Camp Highlights

Computer Sciences Summer Camp for Girls

First Bytes Summer Camp is a one-week residential camp program for high school girls. It is designed to dispel myths about computer science and intrigue young women with the potential of computing and the excitement of problem solving.

 

Through First Bytes You Can:

  • See how computers solve real-world problems in medicine, the arts, and more.
  • Use your problem-solving and reasoning skills to explore real computer science.
  • Get hands-on programming experience and feel the thrill of getting a computer to do what you tell it to do.
  • Meet and work with female computer scientists.
  • Work in a team.
  • Find out about the wide variety of jobs you can have as a computer scientist.
  • Enjoy a taste of university life and,
  • Have a week of computer science fun!
 

Apply Now!

Fifty applicants will be accepted. Accepted applicants will be housed on campus in the Jester Hall. Counselor to camper ratios will be maintained at 1:10. A complete registration package will be distributed to all accepted applicants.

We encourage girls from all over Texas to apply.

 

Corporate Sponsors

First Bytes Version 7.0 is partially funded by generous donations from our corporate sponsors.

Other Camps

For those of you not eligible for First Bytes, here are some other summer camp options:


In Austin:
Summer Technology Camps in Austin - ID Tech Champs at UT Austin, Austin, TX: 9th season.. iD Tech Camps is America’s #1 summer computer camp and one of a handful of elite summer camps in Texas. Our summer kids camps and teen camps are designed for beginner to advanced learners. Our popular UT Austin summer day camps and overnight camps average 6 students per instructor for customized instruction delivered by highly trained adult-only staff.

GameCamp!

In Texas:
Computer Camps around Texas- Our TX summer camps in Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio allow students to experience real life at a prestigious university–day campers study in computer labs, eat in university dining halls and may take campus tours.