When I was in high school, I didn’t know the first thing about engineering. I couldn’t have (27)______from an (28)______. The car I drove needed some work but I (29)______take it to the mechanic. (30)______, the mechanic could have shown me an (31)______ can opener and said, “This is part of your car and it’s broken — pay me to fix it,” and I wouldn’t have known any better. At the end of my (32)______ of high school, I heard about a summer program (33)______ girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were given college credit and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I (34)______ the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was (35)______ and wanted to get out of my parents’ house for six weeks. I was (36)______ the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I (37)______ the university as an engineering major. Five years later I had a degree and (38)______ job offers. I (39)______ when I hear about studies that show that women are at (40)______ when it comes to math. They (41)______ I am somehow (42) ______. I’m not, but I do know that if I hadn’t (43)______ that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.