<p>for the essay question with the box, did you guys write essays to go along with your pictures?</p>
<p>is the admissions office anticipating just a picture, or a picture+essay, or a picture+explanation?</p>
<p>just checking before i get started and do something totally unnecessary, heh.</p>
<p>I did soley a picture and I've seen several picture + explanation.</p>
<p>Picture + short-ish explanation is fairly common.</p>
<p>I had a sort of explanation (in couplet form) in my picture. It was kind of attractively pink and blue. (I made a code of a nice quote, using RSA... 'twas awesome). :) </p>
<p>I don't think it helped me get in, but it was wicked fun to try and make a code that worked based on all those equations and mods. I had fun on my Caltech application. :)</p>
<p>mine is a mix of about 250 words, some pictures, some graphic design... hehehe</p>
<p>edit: but the words are on top of the picture. I don't want to say anything more but I'm really psyched about it.</p>
<p>Will we be rejected if we leave it blank? I don't know what to put in it.</p>
<p>You won't be automatically rejected, but it's a pretty bad idea to leave it blank.</p>
<p>the box says to put something interesting in it. So just find something interesting :)</p>
<p>How do I tell if something is interesting?</p>
<p>If something matches up with the set of things you're interested in, you find it interesting.</p>
<p>Yeah, but how do I recognize the elements of the set of things I'm interested in?</p>
<p>Ask Google. Goole knows everything. Wikipedia knows most things, but not everything.</p>
<p>lol. i know a guy who graduated from CalTech and he was like...</p>
<p>"post office was going to close in 15 minutes and i had the box question blank! so I just ripped one page off from a science article and glued it one there.."</p>
<p>lol. he did get in.. so... it's a possibility???</p>
<p>So I should do google images and search for "interesting?"</p>
<p>One more thing: are we supposed to write an essay for the summer activities, a short paragraph, or is a list fine?</p>
<p>A list is fine for the summer activities.</p>
<p>Heh, I remember writing my essays 3 hours before my Caltech application was due. And they let me in somehow, so don't lose hope!</p>
<p>How did you choose what to place in the box? I'm utterly confused.</p>
<p>It's hard to choose, I know, but just put something that you are passionate about. Something that interests you. I can't say much more than that without telling you what to do, and then it won't be "your" box.</p>
<p>anything that you find interesting!.. article on some topic that interests you... or just write an essay and attach a photo with it or something for god's sake!! or even something at home.. you know.. that you LIKE AND "INTERESTED" IN??? i think it's fairly a very open-ended question that actually shows bit of your own personality...</p>
<p>Sorry. I just don't know how to tell what I'm interested in. I'd really like to apply but these open ended essay questions and boxes are really hard to figure out.</p>
<p>maybe something related to your major?</p>