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Admissions officers say the most successful essays show curiosity and self-awareness. Says Cornell's Saleh: "It's the only thing that really lets us see inside your soul." While there's no one right formula for soul baring, there are many wrong ones. It's disastrous to write, as a Rice applicant did, of what he could "bring to the University of California." A self-absorbed or arrogant tone is also a guaranteed turnoff. Exhibit A: a Rice essay beginning, "I have accumulated a fair amount of wisdom in a relatively limited time of life." Exhibit B: a Cornell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside College Admissions | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Dichter says his goal now is to apply his formula to sub-Saharan nations, where poverty levels are the world's worst. "I believe technology transfers from Asia could be Africa's wave of the future and a boon to its economic growth," he says. "But the challenge is getting venture capital to a region shunned by foreign investors." Sounds like a good match for his talents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Matchmaker In Chief | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...some ways it seems that life continues as usual, and I'm trying to feel strength from the routine, but the truth is, life hasn't been normal at all. When the rioting started, I thought I'd better stock up on food and formula in case we need to go down to the bomb shelters. I went to buy diapers today, and they were almost completely sold out - I guess everyone thought the same thing. I bought diapers that were two sizes too big. Better to have them around, just in case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diaries of Hope and Hate: Five Days in the Middle East | 10/22/2000 | See Source »

That's not to say that the artists of Jungle Sky have the magic formula fully figured out. They occasionally run into difficulty integrating rap and spoken-word into their tracks-MCs such as TC Izlam and Steele, however talented, simply fail to impress with the same regularity as many of their British counterparts. And, as with any cutting-edge Manhattan release, a certain degree of pretension is to be expected. Tracks like Drum FM's "Bach & Bass," an uninspired rehash of strings over appropriately hyperactive beats, come off as warmed-over stabs at originality. A mixed bag? Certainly...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it is mathematically quite complicated to determine a precise formula to govern the behavior of a heating system which is both energy-efficient and heats the house quickly. Fuzzy math is aimed at exactly this issue: It provides a set of tools to find optimal solutions to problems by analyzing hybrids between several different alternatives...

Author: By Daniel K. Biss, | Title: Fuzzy Math, Texas Style | 10/19/2000 | See Source »

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