Finally, it’s an effective way for the admissions committee to see which students are genuinely interested in the program. Before you begin writing, make a list of the reasons you decided to apply to the program. You might find it helpful to explicitly jot down the things that drew you ...
According to Seymour Benzer (1921 − 2007) who had had postdoctoral experience at Caltech with Max Delbrück [9], “Delbrück was captivated by Bohr’s idea of complementarity and the uncertainty principle, which Bohr had tried to apply to everything: history, economics, etc. I don’t...
1.At Caltech, we investigate some of the most challenging, fundamental problems in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Identify and describe two STEM-related experiences from your high school years, either in or out of the classroom, and tell us how and why they activated your c...
The Hohmann Transfer is often referred to as the one that requires the lowest energy, but that is true only if you want the transfer to last only a few days and, in addition, if some constraints on the launch apply. Things get very complicated from there on, so I won't go into ...
This article is a guide to admissions to the top schools in the country. To be explicit, I include in this themost selective schools in the Ivy League(consisting of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia) as well as Stanford, MIT, Duke, and Caltech. Genera...
Funding information is provided on each US university’s website, and students should usually apply for financial aid at the same time as their application is submitted. A small number of elite US universities also have “need-blind” admission policies for all applicants. This means students’ ...
This graphic shows the position of the Moon and the Sun during each of the Moon’s phases and the Moon as it appears from Earth during each phase. Not to scale. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) "I think we kind of forget what a big deal this would have been before artificial lighting," Case sai...
engaging in competition with other people in one’s immediate presence. The sheer immediacy and shared energy of the group dynamic that can be hard to replicate in online settings can be employed within in-person settings to help students more fully explore, comprehend and apply complex material....
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.
experience, we know there's no replacement for the best teacher. Each year iD instructors go on to be hired by the most prestigious tech companies in the world like Google, EA, Disney, Microsoft, and more. When your child learns from the best, they’ll unlock opportunities to become ...