During my summer holidays, I sent an application to join the 2 weeklong Honors Aggie STEM Camp at Texas A&M. I was interested in this camp because I’m interested in going to A&M for my University degree and I wanted to have a challenge and be with people like me. My experience was with Honors, so it was pretty challenging to get in. Some of the requirements were having a recommendation from a STEM teacher, writing an essay and taking a stem-based test. The test, in particular, was incredibly difficult because I hadn’t learned any of the topics covered in it, but since the courses in the camp were a lot easier, I assume the test was to see how good all the students were at choosing the best of them. There were around 20 something slots in the camp, but only 17 were filled because we were the best. Therefore, if you’re trying out for this camp, you probably need to be pretty smart since the competition is tough. This was the longest time I had ever been away from home, so I was