How to demonstrate a consistent interest in science

EM3700
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:40:20 +0000

Hello, I visited Caltech recently and they said I would need to demonstrate a consistent interest in science. In middle school I participated in science bowl, model solar car, model hydrogen car, and math counts clubs. During my freshman year in high school I mainly read books on chemistry and physics (I wish to major in physics) due to my high school having no math or science clubs whatsoever. In the second to last month of school I managed to convince some other students to start a science bowl team with me and we are currently practicing for our sophomore year (missed freshman deadline). My problem is that for my freshman year no competitions or science related activities will be recorded save the founding of the science club. Will this hurt my chances of getting in? Are there other ways of showing an interest in science that don’t require school support? My teacher sponsor will only allow 30 minutes of official practice a week and its doubtful I could convince another teacher to start another science related club. I have read a lot of books but I’m not sure how I could show that on an application.