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Please use the application below to apply for all 2009 FPOPs. Your application MUST BE received by June 12, 2009.
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First Choice: Select One FAP: Arts Program FCEP: Cultural Exploration Program FLP: Leadership Program FOP: Outdoors Program - Sailing FOP: Outdoors Program - Kayaking FOP: Outdoors Program - Hiking FUP: Urban Program DA: Architecture DBCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences DCEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Yellowstone DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Weather and Climate DEECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DELTA: Energy: Learn, Think, Apply DH: History DL: Literature DMSE: Material Science and Engineering DME: Mechanical Engineering DNSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering DOE: Ocean Engineering DPD: Product Design DUSP: Urban Studies and Planning
Second Choice: Select One FAP: Arts Program FCEP: Cultural Exploration Program FLP: Leadership Program FOP: Outdoors Program - Sailing FOP: Outdoors Program - Kayaking FOP: Outdoors Program - Hiking FUP: Urban Program DA: Architecture DBCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences DCEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Yellowstone DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Weather and Climate DEECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DELTA: Energy: Learn, Think, Apply DH: History DL: Literature DMSE: Material Science and Engineering DME: Mechanical Engineering DNSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering DOE: Ocean Engineering DPD: Product Design DUSP: Urban Studies and Planning
Third Choice: Select One FAP: Arts Program FCEP: Cultural Exploration Program FLP: Leadership Program FOP: Outdoors Program - Sailing FOP: Outdoors Program - Kayaking FOP: Outdoors Program - Hiking FUP: Urban Program DA: Architecture DBCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences DCEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Yellowstone DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Weather and Climate DEECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DELTA: Energy: Learn, Think, Apply DH: History DL: Literature DMSE: Material Science and Engineering DME: Mechanical Engineering DNSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering DOE: Ocean Engineering DPD: Product Design DUSP: Urban Studies and Planning
Fourth Choice: Select One FAP: Arts Program FCEP: Cultural Exploration Program FLP: Leadership Program FOP: Outdoors Program - Sailing FOP: Outdoors Program - Kayaking FOP: Outdoors Program - Hiking FUP: Urban Program DA: Architecture DBCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences DCEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Yellowstone DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Weather and Climate DEECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DELTA: Energy: Learn, Think, Apply DH: History DL: Literature DMSE: Material Science and Engineering DME: Mechanical Engineering DNSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering DOE: Ocean Engineering DPD: Product Design DUSP: Urban Studies and Planning
Fifth Choice: Select One FAP: Arts Program FCEP: Cultural Exploration Program FLP: Leadership Program FOP: Outdoors Program - Sailing FOP: Outdoors Program - Kayaking FOP: Outdoors Program - Hiking FUP: Urban Program DA: Architecture DBCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences DCEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Yellowstone DEAPS: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences - Weather and Climate DEECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science DELTA: Energy: Learn, Think, Apply DH: History DL: Literature DMSE: Material Science and Engineering DME: Mechanical Engineering DNSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering DOE: Ocean Engineering DPD: Product Design DUSP: Urban Studies and Planning
1. List some extracurricular activities in which you have been involved.
2. Briefly describe your most memorable high school experience.
Please answer all questions that relate to the programs that you have ranked.
1. Briefly describe your art experience (anything from private dance lessons to playing drums in your garage.) Also, list the top two disciplines you would like to participate in while at FAP.
2. Please share either your oddest or most meaningful artistic moment/episode.
3. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why (be creative!)? And how would you use it to defeat a thirty foot monster made of discarded zip lock bags who eats couches and has a really bad cold?
Optional: Submit your own version of the FAP logo. Be creative! Your design could be chosen for our T-shirts! Mail your submission to Orientation staff at
MIT Orientation Building 7-103 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA (Be sure to include your name)
1. Describe yourself using as many words as you need but as few words as you can.
2. After your first year at MIT what would you like to add to the above description?
3. What are three local and/or global issues that are most important to you?
4. If you could have dinner with 3 “famous” people (alive or dead) whom would they be and why? What would you ask them?
5. Why did you choose MIT?
1. Describe yourself in three words.
2. What does “leadership” mean to you and why do you want to be a part of FLP?
3. If you could script the plot for the dream you will have tonight, what would it be?
4. What do you think is the biggest problem in today’s society?
5. Please provide us with the contact information of the person to whom you feel closest.
1. Describe the extent of your outdoor experience.
2. Why do you want to participate in FOP? What do you hope to get out of the program?
3. If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you need with you in order to survive? Be serious, be creative, it’s up to you.
1. Why do you want to participate in this program?
2. Briefly describe your community and your role within it.
3. Give us three words that your best friend would use to describe you.
4. Tell us at least one thing you’d like to see or do in Boston or Cambridge when you come to MIT.
5. What’s one question you have about MIT?
1. What is your favorite building or architectural structure? Why do you like it and how did it inspire your interest in architecture? What would you change about it?
2. What was your first successful creative act?
3. Describe your favorite hands-on construction project, model, or drawing. How old were you when you created it and what did you use it for?
4. If you had to design and build a shelter for a homeless person, what would it look like and what materials would you use?
1. Why do you want to participate in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences FPOP?
2. In your opinion, what is the most fascinating topic in neuroscience, psychology, or cognitive science today?
3. What is one brain-related question you have?
4. Make an acronym for B.R.A.I.N.
1. What sparked your interest about DCEE? What types of civil or environmental projects fascinate you? (“I don’t know much about them” is a completely acceptable answer.”)
2. If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three items (or people) would you bring with you? Why?
3. What would you do with these five items: duct tape, string, an 8 ounce glass of water, a paperclip, and a plastic spork? (Note: we did mean spork.)
1. What do you know about volcanic eruptions in the region of Yellowstone National Park? Could it happen again? When was the last eruption?
2. What is Geobiology and why do geologists study hot springs in Yellowstone?
3. How did the mountain range we call the Tetons form?
1. Are you a weather and/or climate "junky"? If so, describe why you are interested in weather and climate and how and when you first got the bug. If not, tell us what you would most like to learn about weather and climate.
2. What factors do you think are the most important in controlling the weather?
3. Do you think and worry about climate change?
4. Have you ever formally studied the weather or climate? Explain your background.
1. Why do you want to participate in EECS?
2. What non-technical accomplishment are you most proud of?
3. In your group of friends, what role do you find yourself playing?
4. Please describe your previous experiences in robotics, electrical engineering, and computer programming. If you have no previous experience (because it’s not necessary in order to participate in the program), tell us about something cool technology related that you’ve heard or read about.
1. Why have you become interested in energy? Which source of energy (conventional or renewable) are you most excited about, and why?
2. What parts of DELTA are most interesting to you? Why?
3. How much energy do you think MIT uses each year? How much of your MIT tuition goes to pay energy costs, such as fuel and electricity bills?
1. Why would you like to participate in History Boston?
2. If you could have dinner with one figure from the past, who would it be? What would you discuss?
3. If you wanted to introduce a foreign visitor to contemporary America, what one place would you visit first? Why?
1. What part(s) of the Literature Boston FPOP appeal to you? Why?
2. If you could be a character from a book who would you be? Why?
3. What books have you recommended and/or discussed with family and friends in the past year?
1. What comes to mind when you think of Materials Science and Engineering?
2. What appeals to you about the Materials Science Pre-Orientation Program?
3. If you could create any new material in the world, what would be its properties? What can it do? Why? Be creative.
4. What’s the one thing in the world that you absolutely can’t live without, aside from air, food, water and the like? Why?
1. What machining experience have you had? (None is a completely acceptable answer.)
2. What is one creative thing you would like to do if you have the resources, ability, and free time?
3. Briefly describe yourself to us in a way that sets you apart from other people.
4. What sorts of projects do you think a mechanical engineer works on?
5. What would make out of nail polish, an electric fan, a plastic bag, a chair, and a cup?
1. Why would you like to participate in DNSE?
2. If you were in the company of the most renowned nuclear scientists and engineers, but allowed only one question, what would you ask and why?
3. How would you rate the following in terms of their importance to our future and why:
a) Select One a) Environmental pollution, ozone depletion and global warming b) Chemical/biological/nuclear weapon proliferation c) Energy generation, conversation and distribution d) Human migration and North/South economic and social disparity
b) Select One a) Environmental pollution, ozone depletion and global warming b) Chemical/biological/nuclear weapon proliferation c) Energy generation, conversation and distribution d) Human migration and North/South economic and social disparity
c) Select One a) Environmental pollution, ozone depletion and global warming b) Chemical/biological/nuclear weapon proliferation c) Energy generation, conversation and distribution d) Human migration and North/South economic and social disparity
d) Select One a) Environmental pollution, ozone depletion and global warming b) Chemical/biological/nuclear weapon proliferation c) Energy generation, conversation and distribution d) Human migration and North/South economic and social disparity
Please explain:
1. Why do you want to participate in Discover Ocean Engineering?
2. My favorite engineering and/or science activities are:
3. What would you do if you had your own personal submarine?
4. Please draw us your best pirate flag and mail it to the Orientation Office.
1. What are your three favorite products or brands?
2. What was the last thing you designed? (Feel free to define "design" however you'd like.)
3. Do you expect to become more creative during your time at MIT? Why?
1. What are your favorite cities and why?
2. What is the longest distance you have ever walked, and what were the circumstances?
3. What would you guess are the three most important things cities could do to reduce their environmental impact?
4. Have you ever been to Boston? If so, what did you like best about the city? If not, what are you most curious about?
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