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The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program is a free, seven-week course of intensive instruction in robotics, Web design, and mobile app development that includes career-focused mentoring and talks, demos, and workshops led by the computer industry’s top female entrepreneurs and engineers.

Field trips to such high-tech leaders as Google, Facebook, Twitter, AT&T, Gilt Groupe, Foursquare, and the News Corp. help inspire young women about pursuing careers in computer science and engineering while starting to network with those in the field. Click HERE for program details or apply online by midnight Feb. 12, 2015.

The program is for current high school sophomores and juniors and offered at various dates in the following cities:

• Austin, TX
• Boston, MA
• Chicago, IL
• Los Angeles, CA
• Miami, FL
• Mountain View, CA
• Newark, NJ
• New York, NY
• Palo Alto, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• San Jose, CA
• San Ramon, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Springfield, MA
• Washington, DC

Applicants must:

• Be current sophomores or juniors in high school
• Be U.S. residents
• Commit to attending the full 7-week program in their respective location. The program runs Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
• Commute to and from the program every day. Girls Who Code will work with participants to coordinate transportation support as needed. Housing and travel considerations for non-local students are not provided.

The application closes at midnight on Thursday, February 12, 2015.

Email apply@girlswhocode.com with any questions.

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