Problem-Solving Institute
Summer 2017
Application for the 2017 Gedanken Problem-Solving Institute at
Baldwin Wallace University – July 24th through July 28th
Early Applications May Receive Immediate Acceptance
Full Name:
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First
M.I.
Address:
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Street
Apt #
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City
State
Zip Code
Home Phone:
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Student E-Mail: ____________________________ Parent E-Mail: __________________________
Gender:
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Female
Age on June 30th, 2017 : ________________
School Name:
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Applications should be received in our office by May 1st, 2017, but later applications may be accepted
if there are open spots.
Please fill out and return these forms (all three pages please) via fax, e-mail or US mail to
Baldwin Wallace University
Dr. Edwin Meyer, Chairman of the Physics Department
275 Eastland Rd
Berea, OH 44017
Phone: 440-826-2495
Fax: 440-826-2399
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuition for Gedanken Summer Camp is $399
Payment information will be required upon acceptance into the Institute.
Tuition may be paid by check or money order.
Make check payable to Baldwin Wallace University.
2017 Summer – Institute for Problem Solving
Questions for the applicant. (To be answered by the student applying for the Institute.)
1. Would you describe yourself as a better listener or a better talker? Explain your choice.
2. If you were solving a problem in a three-person group (of your peers), would you be a follower, a
leader or something else? Explain your choice.
3. If you were the captain of a team of three and were asked a multiple choice question to which you
were sure that the answer was A, but your two teammates were sure that the answer was B, what
would your final answer be and why?
4. What is your favorite subject and why?
5. What is your current career choice?
6. What do you hope to gain from this problem-solving camp?
7. What is the hardest problem that you have ever solved?
8. What is the best idea that you have ever had?
9. If you turned a right-handed glove inside out, would it be a right-hand glove or a left-hand glove?
10. What do you do with an unexpected free day, like a snow day?