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Brainstorming for the (Multimedia) Essay Contest!  
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= '''Announcing Rhea's (Multimedia) Essay Contest!'''  =
  
Some potential topics for the essay ( which can either be written or be multimedia oriented) :  
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Do you like writing? Would you like to make money? Then here is something for you this summer: an essay contest!
  
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Write an essay on one of the following topics, and post it on Rhea by July 20, 2010. The best essay in each category will be judges by a team of students from the Rhea team. Winners will be announced August 1st, 2010.  
 
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*Is Grad school a good idea for?
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*Why I chose to study { insert subject/major/project here}
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*My great experience with EPICS or VIP or research under professor so and so or internship at bla inc.
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*Why my major is better than yours&nbsp;
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*Any academics related topic as long as it's fun.
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*Why do you "math"?
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Come up with your ideas and put them up here..&nbsp;
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There is no size limit or format rules. Your essay can contain text, pictures, sound, videos, equations, flow charts, C code, anything! Be inventive, think out of the box! Short essays will be considered too: the idea is to be interesting and convincing!
  
 
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Rules:
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== Topics<br>  ==
 
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Can use text/pictures/video etc
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Winners will be named before the start of the semester
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It should be cool!!!
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We will offer money to the best essay writers!!!  
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: To go to grad school of not, that is the question!.
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: My experience with VIP
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: My experience with EPICS
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: Why do I "ECE"?
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: Why do I "math"
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*<span style="color:green"> 100$</span>: If I were France Cordova...
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== Topics<br> ==
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Instructions to participate:
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*Write your essay in the mediawiki markup language (Rhea's language).
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*Post a link to it on the corresponding subject page.
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*Make sure to post it before the July 20, 2010 deadline.
  
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== Selection Criteria==
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The winners will be selected based on
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*content
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*originality
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*creativity
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*clarity
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Note that essay length is NOT a criteria. You may submit a very short essay, or a very long one: it does not matter. Feel free to include image, sound, videos, equations, code, flow charts, etc. Be creative! Think out of the box!
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Revision as of 11:34, 4 May 2010

Announcing Rhea's (Multimedia) Essay Contest!

Do you like writing? Would you like to make money? Then here is something for you this summer: an essay contest!

Write an essay on one of the following topics, and post it on Rhea by July 20, 2010. The best essay in each category will be judges by a team of students from the Rhea team. Winners will be announced August 1st, 2010.


There is no size limit or format rules. Your essay can contain text, pictures, sound, videos, equations, flow charts, C code, anything! Be inventive, think out of the box! Short essays will be considered too: the idea is to be interesting and convincing!


Topics

  • 100$: To go to grad school of not, that is the question!.
  • 100$: My experience with VIP
  • 100$: My experience with EPICS
  • 100$: Why do I "ECE"?
  • 100$: Why do I "math"
  • 100$: If I were France Cordova...

Topics

Instructions to participate:

  • Write your essay in the mediawiki markup language (Rhea's language).
  • Post a link to it on the corresponding subject page.
  • Make sure to post it before the July 20, 2010 deadline.

Selection Criteria

The winners will be selected based on

  • content
  • originality
  • creativity
  • clarity

Note that essay length is NOT a criteria. You may submit a very short essay, or a very long one: it does not matter. Feel free to include image, sound, videos, equations, code, flow charts, etc. Be creative! Think out of the box!


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