"If you're still huddling at the outskirts of any large group of people, they're not doing much good. Maybe this year we - and by we, I mean any of the kids who are hot to trot for engineering - can do better. And yes, there still is working on your own personal control too."

Lydia shrugs. "Its up to you, Maya. But I do get that it's hard." Says the girl who went through many frustrating months learning how her own abilities worked.