The Box

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>hmm, i did this:
<a href="http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Flynn,%20Errol/Annex/Annex%20-%20Flynn,%20Errol%20(Adventures%20of%20Robin%20Hood,%20The)_02.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Flynn,%20Errol/Annex/Annex%20-%20Flynn,%20Errol%20(Adventures%20of%20Robin%20Hood,%20The)_02.jpg&lt;/a>
beginning to think that maybe i should have written something, o well, Robin Hood is worth it :)</p>

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<p>olo, that is HILLARIOUS. You are my hero.</p>

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<p>a picture is worth a thousand words, but it takes 3x as many bytes.</p>

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<p>I sort of had my box thingy supplement my long essay for the supplement. i wrote about leading a team for the jpl invention challenge project in part a, and for the box, i just submitted a picture of my project with some labeling.</p>

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<p>I did a combo of all my essays (somewhat accidentally). It was a stream of consciousness style art piece that kind of grew around my interests. Pretty corny, and mind you, I don't know yet if I'm in or not...It was kind of risky.</p>

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<p>I want to put a problem that I made up, solved, and discovered it was wrong, and ordered a model, and got the experimental result, but still can't prove it.
Does it have to fit in the actual box? I think I can fit it on 1 page, but it would be corwded in the actual box.</p>

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<p>I am actually oddly proud of what I put in that box. I agree in that it's the best part of the Caltech application. :)...</p>

<p>[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/102crusades.gif%22%5Ddoo%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/102crusades.gif"]doo[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/121couch.gif%22%5Dda%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/121couch.gif"]da[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/219creationism.gif%22%5Ddee%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/219creationism.gif"]dee[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/209foil.gif%22%5Ddumm%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/209foil.gif"]dumm[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/301height.gif%22%5Dduuu%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/301height.gif"]duuu[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/303quantum.gif%22%5Ddaaa%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/303quantum.gif"]daaa[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url="<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/45andabe.gif%22%5Ddeeeee%5B/url"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/tcsahin/Public/Images/tbd/45andabe.gif"]deeeee[/url&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p>

<p><em>continues humming innocently...</em></p>

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<p>I didn't create anything I put in the box..I just copy and pasted various comic strips I found funny....deadline was only a few hours away...oh well...at least I know I won't be getting in...</p>

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<p>I put a picture of asteroid 444 Gyptis (we had to find its orbit at SSP) and a picture of the Ring nebula (all done on the same CCD Telescope in Socorro, NM) and two pictures of the small refractor I built from garbage found on the streets of NYC....all four pictures came with explanations...but eeh....I screwed up other parts of application, so I don't expect even a deferral (Seriously, I'm not trying to be modest or something...I just know it lol)</p>

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<p>Hriundeli, that sounds pretty cool.</p>

<p>I drew a mathematical picture & provided an explanation.</p>

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<p>I put a program i made
<a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Crazy_Glue/caltechfinal2-1.jpg?t=1165877413%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Crazy_Glue/caltechfinal2-1.jpg?t=1165877413&lt;/a>
The picture is a little small on the link, but the one i sent to caltech is bigger so dont worry, they wont have to strain their eyes too much. Anyway, I doubt its impressive by caltech standards but oh well...</p>

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<p>^^Wow, that's pretty neat.</p>

<p>I won't share what I put in the box since Caltech could probably identify me if I posted it. If they wanted to.</p>

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<p>If they really wanted to do that, couldn't they just look at your stats profile? I mean, even if there are several applicants with the same score distribution, they could still compare your listed activities (attempted pushups etc.) to those on the apps.</p>

<p>I think a better reason not to post what you put in the box is that you don't want anyone to steal your idea. :-)</p>

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<p>I am photoshopping the picture i made using functions in my calculator --> i drew Einstein and Newton & adding a single comic strip joke to it.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
If they really wanted to do that, couldn't they just look at your stats profile? I mean, even if there are several applicants with the same score distribution, they could still compare your listed activities (attempted pushups etc.) to those on the apps.</p>

<p>I think a better reason not to post what you put in the box is that you don't want anyone to steal your idea. :-)

[/quote]
</p>

<p>true. I suppose I will go with that reason, then. :)</p>

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<p>Dude, I copy and pasted a series of comic strips that I liked from <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.phdcomics.com&lt;/a>, and I actually got in. :D.</p>

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<p>I'm just wondering who will actually see "the box". Faculty member?
What if what I put in the box is some weird physics stuff and the adcom just happen to be unfamiliar about that?</p>

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<p>Every application that gets past a preliminary first cut is read thoroughly by an admissions officer, a Caltech professor, and a Caltech undergraduate student. If the case goes to committee, then these groups are also represented. So you will always get a fair shake from someone who probably understands the physics.</p>

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<p>can you put more than one thing in the box? like a java program that i made and a picture that i find inspirational?</p>

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<p>^^I put three things in the box, and got in, but I kinda linked them together. So probably.</p>