BS in Environmental Science & Engineering

Scholarly Character How do you learn when there is no easy answer? Caltech's learning environment asks students to work through difficulty, collaborate around hard ideas, and contribute to one another's understanding. Use these responses to show us how you learn and grow. Choose one of the following prompts: (Max: 200 words) Option 1 -- COLLABORATION: STEM as shared learning Tell us about a time your learning in STEM was shaped by another person or group — either because you needed help, offered help, changed your thinking through collaboration, or contributed to someone else's understanding. What did that experience teach you about learning and working with others? or Option 2 -- PROCESS: The thought behind the outcome Tell us about a time your approach to a STEM problem, concept, or project mattered as much as the outcome. How did you work through uncertainty or persist creatively in tackling the problem? What would you still defend about your process, regardless of the outcome?

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Fun Question Caltech students bring more than academic ability to the communities they join. What is something you would be excited to do, share, teach, make, start, or contribute as part of the Caltech community? (Min: 100 / Max: 150 words)

Caltech has a rigorous core curriculum and students don't declare a major until the end of their first year. However, some students arrive knowing which academic fields and areas already most excite them, or which novel fields and areas they most want to explore. If you had to choose an area of interest or two today, what would you choose? Why did you choose your proposed area of interest? If you selected 'other', what topics are you interested in pursuing? (Min: 100 / Max: 200 words)

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