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Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
Topic of your choice.
CALTECH What are three adjectives your friends would use to describe you? (Please limit your response to 350 characters or less) | | Characters available 350 | | Please list three books, along with their authors, that have been particularly meaningful to you. You need not confine yourself to math or science-related texts. (Please limit your response to 600 characters or less) | | Characters available 600 | | Members of the Caltech community live, learn, and work within an Honor System with one simple guideline, ''No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.'' While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty, and integrity are sometimes challenging. Share an ethical dilemma that challenged you. What did you do? (Please limit your response to 1500 characters or less) | | Characters available 1500 | | Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor and creative pranks and for finding unusual ways to have fun. What is something that you find fun or humorous? (Please limit your response to 1500 characters or less) | | Characters available
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
Topic of your choice.
CALTECH What are three adjectives your friends would use to describe you? (Please limit your response to 350 characters or less) | | Characters available 350 | | Please list three books, along with their authors, that have been particularly meaningful to you. You need not confine yourself to math or science-related texts. (Please limit your response to 600 characters or less) | | Characters available 600 | | Members of the Caltech community live, learn, and work within an Honor System with one simple guideline, ''No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.'' While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty, and integrity are sometimes challenging. Share an ethical dilemma that challenged you. What did you do? (Please limit your response to 1500 characters or less) | | Characters available 1500 | | Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor and creative pranks and for finding unusual ways to have fun. What is something that you find fun or humorous? (Please limit your response to 1500 characters or less) | | Characters available