the all-girl class was the brainchild of career specialist joan osdegon, to eliminate the intimidationtor and you can't argue with its success. >> since our first year, we were very, very proud to say that we've had over 135 girls participate in the program, and of those we've had about 79 graduates, some are still in lower, juniors and seniors having come into the program in their sophomore years and we're running about an 83% graduation rate off to engineering schools. so, we are delighted. >> reporter: the ge-2 students are delighted as well, getting a chance to see a career path they might never have known about. >> i want to go into system engineering and look at the different systems and put them together. >> reporter: another ge-2 success? br bridging a gender gap. >> all right, i've got to give that group a hand, because that's awesome. anybody who is helping to get more women involved in math, science, or engineering. >>> well, coming up, she lost her hand in an accident while on vacation. next you're going to meet the aspiring model talking about her will to recover and make