UMBC Campus ID

    The CWIT application will require that you have your UMBC Campus ID. Your Campus ID will be sent approximately five to seven business days after you have submitted your Common Application to UMBC. We strongly encourage you to complete your undergraduate admissions package before November 1. This includes submission of your Common Application, high school transcript, and standardized test score results.

Essays

    You should prepare short essay answers of 300 words or less. The application will allow you to cut and paste your answers from your word processing software into the form. The questions you will need to answer are:
    • What are your educational and career goals?
    • Discuss any extracurricular or community service activities that have been particularly meaningful to you.
    • How have you been a leader in the past, and how would you continue being a leader at UMBC and within CWIT?
    • Describe your experiences and/or interests related to computing, engineering, or related areas.
    • The CWIT mission is to encourage the participation and leadership of women in computing and engineering. How could you help us achieve this mission?*
    • Why are you interested in becoming a CWIT Scholar and in what ways will you contribute to the community?
    • How did you hear about the CWIT Scholars Program?

Additional Documents

    You are also free to submit any relevant documents that you believe strengthen your application. These documents can be submitted as attachments to the application. The documents must be either in an Adobe PDF format or a Microsoft Word document.

Recommendations

    Your CWIT Scholars application will require two letters of recommendation addressing your suitability for this program. Applicants are able to use their general UMBC recommendation letters to apply for the CWIT Scholars Program, however preference will be given to applicants who submit two additional letters. These two additional letters should address your commitment to engineering, computing, or a related field and your interest in contributing to the CWIT mission. These two recommendations should be from a science or technology teacher and someone else familiar with your academic work and leadership qualities.

    There are three (3) ways you may submit recommendation letters indicated below. Please communicate with recommenders to identify their preferred method and allow enough time for a January 15 submission.
    1. Students may upload and attach an electronic version of their recommendations (jpeg, pdf, doc) using the online CWIT application.
    2. Students may provide each recommender with a Scholars Program Recommendation Form to be completed and sent by mail or fax (details on form).
    3. Recommenders may choose to personally upload the Scholars Program Recommendation Form and supporting documents via our contact form. Note recommenders are not required to be listed on the student's Authorization to Disclose Information Form

Honors College

    You may also use this application to apply for the UMBC Honors College. Admission decisions for the Honors College are determined by a separate committee. For consideration, applicants should have a minimum high school grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.00 scale in a strong college preparatory curriculum that includes honors, Advancement Placement or International Baccalaureate coursework.

    *If interested in pursuing this option, please answer the CWIT short answer question identified (*) above with a minimum of 600 words and attach to the application as an additional "Attachment" document.