Evaluation of Creativity, Analytical Thinking, and Wisdom WICS

Examples of Questions

Use an 8.5 x 11- inch sheet of paper to create something. You can blueprint your future home,
create new product, draw a cartoon strip, design a costume of theatrical set, compose a score, or
do something entirely different. Let your imagination wander.

Engineers and scientists like astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble discover new solutions to
contemporary issues. “Equipped with his five sense,” Hubble said, “man explore the universe
around him and calls the adventure Science.” Using your knowledge of scientific principles,
identify “an adventure” in science you would like to study and tell us how you would design an
investigation to address it. What solution do you hope to find and why?

Thomas Edison believed invention required “a good imagination and a pile of junk.” What
inspire your original thinking? How might you apply your ingenuity to serve the common good
and make a difference in society?

An American adage states that “curiosity killed the cat.” If that is correct, why do we celebrate
people like Galileo, Lincoln, and Gandhi. Individuals who imagined long-standing problems in
new ways or who defied conversational thinking to achieve great result?

Describe a moment in which you took a risk and achieved an unexpected goal. How did you
persuade others to follow your lead? What lessons do you draw from this experience? You may
reflect on examples from your academic, extracurricular, or athletic experiences.

Use an 8.5 x 11- inch sheet of paper, illustrate an ad for a movie, design a house, make an object
better, or illustrate an ad for an object of your choice.

Every day, people make decisions that force them beyond their comfort levels. Perhaps you
moved to a different country or left behind your neighborhood friends to attend a school outside
your home district. Maybe you have political, social, or cultural viewpoint that is not shared by
the rest of your school, family, or community. Where did you find the courage to create a better
opportunity for yourself or others? How did you find the voice to stand up for something in
which you passionately believed? Why did you persevere when the odds were against you?

It is 1781 and the American colonies have just been defeated by the British at Yorktown.
Imagine history without the united states as we know it.

French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss observed, “the scientist is not a person who gives the
right answers; he is one who asks the right questions.” Using your knowledge of scientific and/or
mathematical principals, identify a question whose answer you seek and tell us how you might
go about investigating it.