Summer Camp Info

When:
Sunday, July 20 to Saturday, July 26, 2008
Where:
The University of Texas at Austin
Maps & Directions:
Application Deadline:

Friday, March 28, 2008

Notification of Acceptance:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

 

Contact Information

Mary Esther Middleton

Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: firstbytes@cs.utexas.edu
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First Bytes Summer Camp

First Bytes Summer Camp

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 6.0 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:
ID Tech Camps
GameCamp!

In Texas:
ID Tech Camp (Austin, Dallas, Houston)

  Last year's camp information, for reference:

View the 2007 Invitation(pdf)

2007 Schedule

2007 camp highlights

 

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