What three qualities help make you a successful scientist or researcher?

Success in college-level work requires certain habits of mind: curiosity, creativity, flexibility, openness, persistence, responsibility, engagement in your own learning, and the ability to reflect on your own thinking. In an essay, describe how you have already developed three of these habits, and identify at least one habit you will need to develop further in order to make the most of this opportunity to accelerate your move into higher education. Please limit your essay to 500 words.

Center for Leadership,

You are more than grades and test scores. In a well-planned essay of no more than 500 words, please describe the world you come from and its impact on who you are. For example, how have your family, school, clubs, sports, activities, religious affiliation, political affiliation, etc., shaped the decisions you make every day and the dreams that you have for the future?

Center for Science, Mathematics

A general definition of a scientist is someone who uses scientific method. What three qualities help make you a successful scientist or researcher? Explain each quality and how those qualities apply to you. Then describe one personal example to illustrate one of the qualities.

IB Program

In the press, International Baccalaureate is often referred to as the gold standard in secondary education. What personal strengths do you possess that may position you to pursue and to achieve the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma?