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COLLEGE APPLICATION INFORMATION ﻿﻿﻿ Due Date: SEPT. 17 On this page, you will find links to **university home pages**, links to **admissions information**, and copies of the college application **essay prompts** from schools of interest to University High School senior AP English students.

Students: Your task is to provide the information noted above for three unique schools (do not duplicate listings). Be sure to enter the schools in alphabetical order, and include your name in the post so that you get credit for the assignment. =A-F= = toc = American University Alia Khan (Home page) www.**american**.edu/ (Application Page) []

· Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence · .A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · Topic of your choice. ** Belmont ** - Erin Smith   (home page) http://www.belmont.edu/ (application page) [] (uses common app) · Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence · .A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · Topic of your choice.
 * Essay: Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
 * Essay: Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
 * Boston** **College**- Emily Donnel

(Homepage)- [] (Admissions Page)- [] Essay Questions- See Common App questions under **Boston** **University** NOTE: Boston College uses the common application questions and also provides a BC supplement that is linked to the common application website. This supplement does not have extra essays on it.

(home page) [[[] ]] (application page) []
 * Boston University** (Sample entry provided by Mrs. Clesson)

This personal statement helps us become acquainted with you in ways different from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will demonstrate your ability to organize thoughts and express yourself. We are looking for an essay that will help us know you better as a person and as a student. Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below.

> > NOTE: Boston University accepts the Common Application exclusively, plus a BU supplement that is linked to the common application website.
 * Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
 * Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
 * Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
 * Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
 * A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
 * Topic of your choice.

Butler University (Marissa Diekhoff) home page: [] application page: []  essays: same as common app [] [] Common application plus supplement...
 * California Institute of Technology** - Elizabeth Kelly

COMMON APP SUPPLEMENT Interest in math, science, or engineering manifests itself in many forms. Caltech professor and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman (1918-1988) explained, “I’d make a motor, I’d make a gadget that would go off when something passed a photocell, I’d play around with selenium”; he was exploring his interest in science, as he put it, by “piddling around all the time.” In a page, more or less, tell the Admissions Committee how you express your interest, curiosity, or excitement about math, science or engineering. Before answering this question, you might ask those around you—family, friends, or teachers—how they see you as a mathematician, scientist or engineer. They may offer insightful observations!

SHORT ANSWER Members of the Caltech community live, learn, and work within an Honor System with one simple guideline, “No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.” While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty, and integrity are sometimes challenging. Share an ethical dilemma that challenged you. What did you do? Home Page: [] Application Page: []
 * Calvin College** (Jon Ray)

Essay Question: Please submit a written response (250-500) to the following question. Calvin seeks to enroll students who will succeed in and contribrute to a Christian learning environment.With this in mind, please write about how your faith relates to Calvin's mission as a Christian college, and how this will guide your activities and academic pursuits. Why is Calvin a good fir for your college experience and your future?

**Case Western Reserve** (Melanie Goebel) Home page: [] Application page: [] Essay: Same as Common App Supplement: (Pre-Professional Degrees only) 1. By applying to the Pre-Professional Scholars Program, you are applying to gain admission to professional school earlier than students who apply in the traditional way. Please indicate why you’re interested in your chosen profession. How do you see yourself being particularly suited to this field? What events and/or experiences have led you to your choice? This essay should be between 250 and 500 words in length. 2. In the college application process, you are constantly prompted for a list of your achievements, awards, and accomplishments. While this information is useful to us, we are interested in hearing more about you. Describe an event, achievement, or experience of which you are particularly proud but that will not show up on a resume, may not garner any recognition, and does not appear anywhere else on your admission application. This essay should not exceed 1,000 words in length. ** U.C. Santa Barbara ** (CJ Hamilton):

University home page: [] Applications page: [] Prospective freshman academic requirements: [] Essay Requirements: See U.C. admission requirements in link above **U.C. Davis** (CJ Hamilton): University home page: [] For future students: [] Applications page: [] Admissions requirements: [] Personal Statement: **<span style="color: #bf9900; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">What We are Looking for ** <span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">The personal statement format requires your response to two short-answer prompts. The short-answer prompts offer you an opportunity to provide a context for the rest of the information in your application and to discuss your personal commitment to learning; any special talent, creativity, leadership experience, accomplishment, contribution or personal quality you will bring to the university; and other information that is important for us to consider, including your tenacity and/or response to life challenges. We are looking for qualities that we know will help you succeed at UC Davis and also enrich our learning community. <span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Our application process involves comparing your application to those of other highly qualified and competitive students. Other applicants may have similar accomplishments to yours, such as serving in student governance, playing on sports teams, chairing committees or traveling abroad. **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Providing details and examples of your personal experience can help you stand out from the crowd. Your statement can also be very successful if it elaborates on the insights you gained, or on the way your outlook, activities, commitment or goals have been shaped and influenced. **  Personal Statement Prompts: **<span style="color: #4c6794; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Prompt 1 ** **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Freshman applicants **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">: Describe the world you come from—for example, your family, community or school—and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Transfer applicants **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">: What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field—such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities—and what you have gained from your involvement. **<span style="color: #4c6794; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Prompt 2 ** **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">All applicants: **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? **<span style="color: #4c6794; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Prompt 3 ** **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">All applicants: **<span style="color: #002666; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> If necessary, you may use this space to tell us anything else you want us to know that you have not had the opportunity to describe elsewhere in the application. ** College of William and Mary- **Emily Donnel (Homepage)- [] (Application page)- [] Essay questions: See Common App questions under **Boston** **University** NOTE: The College of William and Mary uses the Common Application exclusively, plus a W&M supplement that is linked to the common application website. This supplement is not yet available. ** College of Wooster (Tegan Hunter) ** Home Page: http://www.wooster.edu/ Admissions Page: http://www.wooster.edu/Admissions-and-Financial-Aid Wooster requires the common application, and a response to the question: Why are you interested in The College of Wooster?

Home Page: [|www.columbia.edu] (This page is blocked on the netbooks.) Application Page: [] //Essay Questions:// See Common App questions under **Boston University** //Short answer:// Please tell us what you find most appealing about Columbia and why (1500 characters) For applicants to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, please tell us what attracts you specifically to the study of engineering (1500 characters)
 * Columbia University** (Elora Karim)

**DePaul University** (Lance Jessurun) Home Page: [|DePaul] Application Page: [|DePaul Admissions]

Essay Question 1: Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experience in the space below. (150 words or less) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Essay Question 2: Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below. Please indicate your topic by  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">checking the appropriate box. This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">and other objective data. It also will demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss some issue of personal, local, national or international concern and its importance to you. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A range of academic interests, personal perspectives and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">impact of diversity to you. Topic of your choice. **Drake** (Melanie Goebel) Home page: [] Application page: [] Essay: Please submit a personal essay. You may paste a sample of your writing or **choose one topic** from the following options: 1.) Evaluate a significant experience, achievement or risk you have taken, or an ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.   2.) Discuss some issue of personal, local, national or international concern and its importance to you. 3.) Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you and describe that influence.   4.) Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure or creative work (art, music, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. 5.) A range of academic interests, personal, perspectives and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe and experience that illustrates what you would contribute to the diversity of a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.   6.) Topic of your choice. (Please note that a paper submitted as a school assignment cannot be accepted.)

Drake University is interested in finding out more about you and what you'll offer to our campus through an **optional video statement**. We want to find out what makes you, you. Use your creativity; say or do whatever you want in your video, but please keep the length to two minutes or less. Your video should be uploaded to a website that can be easily accessed, like YouTube. Remember: the optional video statement does not replace the personal essay.

Home Page:[] Application Page: [] There is also a supplement form that has to be submitted.
 * Duke University** (Katie Newport)

Short Answer and Optional

24. The following questions are required for engineering applicants. Please limit your response to one to three paragraphs. You may use the additional page provided at the end of this form.

a. (For Engineering

Applicants

Only) If you are applying to the Pratt School of Engineering, please discuss why you want to study engineering and why you would like to study at Duke.

25. The following questions are optional—and, yes, they truly are optional! If you choose to answer them, please use the additional page provided at the end of this form unless noted otherwise. If you choose not to answer them, your chance of admission will not be affected.

a. (For Arts & Sciences

Applicants

Only ) If you are applying to Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, please discuss why you consider Duke a good match for you. Is there something in particular at Duke that attracts you? Please limit your response to one or two paragraphs.

b. If you have participated in any significant research activity outside of school, please provide a brief description and limit your response to one or two paragraphs. c. We seek to understand and appreciate you as an individual. If there is a parent, sibling, other relative, or friend who you think could help us do that, we would be happy to receive a one-page letter from one of them. (It must be mailed to our office by January 2, 2011.) This optional information will be considered in our understanding of you as a person, but will not be formally evaluated as part of your application.

Home page: [] Application page: [] Essay Questions:
 * Elon University**- Anna Weis

Please submit an original essay of at least 500 words on one of the topics listed below. 1. What impact will you leave on your school or home community upon graduation? How will that legacy help you contribute to Elon? 2. Describe an experience that required your creativity, passion or commitment. How will that experience influence your Elon career? 3. If you had $5,000 to start a business or non-profit organization, what would you do? Why? Who would benefit? =G-L=

Georgetown University (Jane McMahon) Home Page: [|http://www.georgetown.edu/] Application Page: [|https://www.applyweb.com/apply/gtown/index.html]

Essay 1: Essay One

ALL APPLICANTS: The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please respond to one of the following two prompts: (A) Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you. OR (B) Describe an experience you have had living or working in a diverse community. How might that experience help you to contribute to the life of a university community like Georgetown's? Essay TWO

APPLICANTS TO GEORGETOWN COLLEGE: Please relate your interest in studying at Georgetown University to your goals. How do these thoughts relate to your chosen course of study? (If you are applying to major in the FLL or in a Science, please specifically address those interests.) APPLICANTS TO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING & HEALTH STUDIES: Describe how your experiences or ideas shaped your decision to pursue a health profession and how these experiences or ideas may aid your future contribution to the field. APPLICANTS TO THE WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE: Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it. APPLICANTS TO THE MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: Briefly describe the factors that have influenced your interest in studying business.

**Harvard University** (Stephanie Carlson) Home: Harvard.edu Application Page: [] (this page has the instructions and forms presented in an organized manner) Essays: Harvard takes the Common Application, see the BU entry. Harvard also has a supplement that does not require an essay, although one may be submitted. Possible topics include: Unusual Circumstances in your life A book that has greatly affected you. Travel or Living Experienced in Other countries A list of books you have read in the last 12 months An academic project that has greatly affected you Home Page: http://www.hmc.edu/ Application Page: http://www.hmc.edu/admission1/applyingforadmission.html In addition to the Common Application essay, choose any one of the essay topics below. The essay should be 250 words minimum, 1000 words maximum. 1. What is one thing we won't know about you after reading your application that you haven't already reported in the Common Application "Additional Information" section? 2. Describe an experience that sparked your interest in mathematics, science or engineering. 3. In a world where technology continually adapts and progresses, Harvey Mudd College expects that our students will be aware of the impact of their work on society. How would you use new advances to improve your life and/or the lives of those around you? Describe your idea and its potential impact. Feel free to be as creative or as practical as you like. All applicants are required to respond to: What influenced you to apply to Harvey Mudd College? What about the HMC curriculum and community appeals to you? (500 word limit)
 * Harvey Mudd College (Tegan Hunter)**

**Hawaii State University** (Stephen Chow) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Home page: [] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(essay not required for enrollment. They are needed for entrance into the honor program) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**2. Short Essay** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The application will ask you for a short essay. Your answer should be no more than 500 words. Please be ready to respond or copy/paste your response when you fill out the rest of the online application. There is no option to save and come back to your application. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Prompt for Selected Studies: "Something I Feel Passionate About"** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Think of this as an opportunity to tell us something about yourself, your interests, and what motivates you. It is not a research paper. We are not grading you for your knowledge about a topic and it will not be used to evaluate you. It will help us get to know you and advise you, and may be used for program assessment purposes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We would like you to write an essay. An essay is "an informal piece of non-fiction prose that treats a topic of general interest in a seemingly casual, impressionistic, and lively way" ([|DePaul]). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you are submitting a paper application, please make sure that your essay is double-spaced, with standard margins, and that your name is at the top of every page. Submit your essay with the completed application form. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Prompt for Upper-Division Honors: "My Future and the Honors Program"** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Think of this as an opportunity to tell us something about yourself and what you plan to do while you are in the Upper Division Honors Program. It is not a research paper. We are not grading you for your knowledge about a topic and it will not be used to evaluate you. This will help you consider your role in the Honors Program, and help us get to know you and advise you. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We would like you to write an essay. An essay is "an informal piece of non-fiction prose that treats a topic of general interest in a seemingly casual, impressionistic, and lively way" ([|DePaul]). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You can submit your essay with the online application form or you can send it to us separately, either as an email attachment or printed on paper. If you are sending in a paper application, please make sure your essay is double-spaced with standard margins and that your name is at the top of every page. **Hope College** (Jon Ray) Home Page: [] Application Page: []
 * Application information**: http://www.honors.hawaii.edu/admissions/applications.html

Please compose an essay on one of the topics below: 1. Write about someone or something in your life that has been inspirational, and describe the impact made on you. 2. Write about some issue of local, national, or international concern and its significance to you. 3. Write about a social or cultural which furthered your understanding and appreciation for others.

Home Page: [] Application Page: [] The academic personal statement should be approximately 500 words and needs to address the following:
 * Illinois State University** (Elora Karim)


 * 1) State why you feel Illinois State University is a good fit for your educational goals.
 * 2) Identify and explain your academic strengths and weaknesses.
 * 3) Explain any circumstances which affected your academic performance, if applicable.is

Home Page- http://www.iwu.edu/ Application- [] (common application)
 * Illinois Wesleyan University**- Anna Weis

Home Page - [] []
 * Indiana University (Lance Jessurun)**

<span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Loyola (Katie Newport) <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Home Page: [|http://www.luc.edu/] <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Amissions and Such: [] <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Does not take common ap, but has an online application.

<span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Complete and submit the online application. <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Have official transcripts from all high schools/colleges previously attended sent to Loyola. <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Confirm that your letter of recommendation has been received by Loyola. <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Submit your personal statement or essay. (Get tips from the College Board on how to write an outstanding college essay!) <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Make sure official copies of your ACT (code: 1064)/SAT (code: 1412) scores are sent to Loyola. <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•If applicable, submit official information about transfer credit or AP/IB credit to Loyola electronically. *  <span style="font-family: 'High Tower Text','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">•Upon admission, you must submit an enrollment deposit by May 1 to reserve a place in the class. †

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Elizabeth Kelly  Home page: http://www.mit.edu/

Application page: https://my.mit.edu/

(1) We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it. (*)(100 words or fewer)

(2) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (*) (100 words or fewer)

(3) What attribute of your personality are you most proud of, and how has it impacted your life so far? This could be your creativity, effective leadership, sense of humor, integrity, or anything else you’d like to tell us about. (*) (200-250 words)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Michigan State University **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Aaron Tuttle) Home page: [|http://www.msu.edu] Application page: []

** As part of your application for admission, a personal statement is required. Michigan State University is interested in learning more about your background, talents, and experiences and how you plan to apply them to your MSU education and future. Your statement may be considered as a positive factor to enhance your admissibility, as well as for scholarship consideration. Choose one of the personal essay topics below and write a short essay of up to 400 words. **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 2. If admitted to Michigan State, you will join a diverse community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Please respond to the following hypothetical situation: In your first-semester English course you are assigned a group writing project to be completed within a week. In addition to yourself, your group is comprised of five other students, some of whom are from different countries and/or have different racial/ethnic backgrounds than you. Please explain how your past life experiences will help you effectively collaborate with your group members in order to achieve success on this project.

Briefly discuss an activity or organization that you have participated in, or are currently participating in, outside of your own cultural group.

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2. If admitted to Michigan State, you will join a diverse community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Please respond to the following hypothetical situation: In your first-semester English course you are assigned a group writing project to be completed within a week. In addition to yourself, your group is comprised of five other students, some of whom are from different countries and/or have different racial/ethnic backgrounds than you. Please explain how your past life experiences will help you effectively collaborate with your group members in order to achieve success on this project.

If you feel that your high school record does not accurately represent your academic abilities, please explain why. Include and discuss particular extenuating circumstances that may have contributed to any scholastic challenges.3. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">New York University- Emma Blyth ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Homepage: www.nyu.edu Application: [|https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/DownloadForms.aspx] **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Short Answer **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below or on an attached sheet (150 words or fewer). · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Topic of your choice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Personal Essay **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">University of North Carolina (School of the Arts) - Emma Blyth ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Homepage: www.uncsa.edu Application: ** [|http://www.uncsa.edu/admissions/app/undergrad_final.pdf] ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Directing applicants must submit a short essay detailing why they wish to pursue a directing career and what they intend to accomplish in directing.

 North Central (Marissa Diekhoff)  homepage: http://northcentralcollege.edu/  Application page: https://www2.noctrl.edu/cgi-bin/applogin.pl essays: same as common application Homepage: http://www.northwestern.edu/ Application Page: http://www.northwestern.edu/admissions/index.html Northwestern requires the Common Application essay in addition to the Northwestern statement. What are the unique qualities of Northwestern - and of the specific undergraduate school to which you are applying - that make you want to attend the University? In what ways do you hope to take advantage of the qualities you have identified? Statement on Research (Optional) If you have done any research or independent study outside of school, please include an abstract or summary of your work.
 * Northwestern University (Tegan Hunter) **

** Oklahoma State University ** Samantha Walker [] [] For Essay questions see Boston University

** Marquette University ** Samantha Walker [|http://www.marquette.edu] [] **<span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; text-transform: uppercase;">What We Look for in Your College Essay ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">There are no magic phrases or key words to include in your essay. You do not, for example, have to say you've wanted to attend Marquette since kindergarten. We use the essay to get to know a little more about you. This is the one chance you have to be creative in the application process; let your true self come through. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">A few words about the essay: <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Relax and write. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Proofread your essay; read it backward. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Be thoughtful in your response, careful in your prose and neat in appearance. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Be genuine. The essay should reflect what you want to write, not what you think we want to hear. Remember, we're not looking for anything in particular when we read your application. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">We want to make sure you can compose an essay with a coherent thought; that you have the ability to string together a few sentences and express an idea. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">There is no right answer. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 137.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Dig deep and have fun! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Your writing sample is important. Please choose one of the topics below, limiting your response to around 300 words. If there is anything else you feel we should know about you, please add a personal statement to the bottom of your writing sample.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Why Marquette?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is the best advice you have received? Why is it important?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">No new essay is required, but we do need you to demonstrate your writing skills in at least 250 words, any way you like. Write a personal statement, copy and paste a paper you've written for one of your classes or write something new – it's up to you!

** University Of Missouri ** Samantha Walker [] [] For Essay questions see Boston University

** University of Oklahoma ** – Erin Smith (home page) [] (application page) [] Essay: (for musical theater applicants) This should be a 1-2 page essay indicating the reasons for your desire to pursue Musical Theatre as a career, why you believe the University of Oklahoma is the right place for you to succeed and a brief description of your prior training. **Occidental College** (Claire Brownstone) Home page: [] Application page: [] Essays: Uses the Common Application (see Boston University above) Supplement: If you've had the opportunity to visit campus, please indicate when and in what capacity and briefly describe your visit experience.(800 characters)

Required There are thousands of colleges and universities. Why are you applying to Occidental? What distinguishes it from your other choices? (2000 characters) Choose a book you have read in the last year that most affected you and clarify its effect (1500 characters)

While we realize your interests may change in college, what are your current academic or intellectual curiosities? (2000 characters)

Identify and describe a personal habit - of any nature - that best defines you (2000 characters) ** Otterbein- ** Erin Smith

(home page) http://www.otterbein.edu/ (application page) [] (uses common app) · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">.A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Topic of your choice.
 * Essay: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
 * Northwestern**- Anna Weis

Homepage: [] Application: []

Essay Questions: Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below, and attach it to your application NOTE: Your Common Application essay should be the same for all colleges. Do not customize it in any way for individual colleges.
 * Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
 * Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
 * Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
 * Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
 * A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
 * Topic of your choice.

The Ohio State University (Jace Mortimer) Homepage: [] Application Page: [] Essay:

Limit your response to 300 words. Reflect on your answer and be attentive to spelling and grammar. There is no "right" answer to this question. Why are you interested in The Ohio State University? **Penn State University** (Aaron Tuttle) Home page: [|http://www.psu.edu] Application page: [] Essays: <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Please use this space to discuss your activities (other than academic work) during the last several years (for example, school organizations, jobs, athletics, the arts, community service, religious groups, or other individual interests). <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Please tell us something about yourself, your experiences, or activities that you believe would reflect positively on your ability to succeed at Penn State. This is your opportunity to tell us something about yourself that is not already reflected in your application or academic records.

Homepage: [] Application page: [] (uses common application)
 * Pomona College (**Claire Brownstone)

Essay: Uses common application - see Boston University above.

Supplement: In the instructions for The Common Application, students are required to submit only one writing sample. If you only submitted one sample, you are strongly encouraged to respond to one of the following prompts. You should view this as an opportunity to share additional information about yourself with the Admissions Committee. The Admissions Committee is interested in both your ideas and in how you express them and will read your writing with regard to both content and style. Clearly type or print your response on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to this form. Include your name and social security number on any attached sheet.

a) What experience in high school has mattered most to you? How do you see this experience

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">influencing your decision-making in college? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">b) Although it may appear to the contrary, we do know that people have a life beyond what they do to get into college. Tell us about an experience you’ve had outside of your formal classroom and extracurricular activities that was just plain fun and why.

Homepage: [] Application Page: []
 * Purdue University** (Jace Mortimer)

Roosevelt University
 * Essay--Statement of 250-1,000 words. This essay and all information provided as part of the admission application process will be used for freshman scholarship consideration. Choose only __ONE__ of the following topics:
 * 1) What are the qualities of a good leader? Use examples from your personal experiences to illustrate your particular leadership style.
 * 2) Describe how your Purdue education would support the attainment of your personal and/or professional goals.
 * 3) If you had a second chance -- the opportunity to do something over and do it differently -- what would you choose to do over and what changes would you make? ||

Homepage: [|http://www.roosevelt.edu/]

Application: [|http://www.roosevelt.edu/Admission/OnlineApplication.aspx]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Personal Essay <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence. · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Topic of your choice.

=S-Z= ** Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ** (CJ Hamilton): [|University home page:] [] Applications page: []

Essay Requirements: //Please provide on the following pages a two-page, typed// //, 500-700-word essay relating to one the following: // // A. What has been the most important event in your life, and how has it changed you? // // B. You have been asked to write the lead editorial for a major newspaper. Choose any topic you wish. // // C. Write an essay on a topic you think could help us know you better. // University of California: (Stephen Chow) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Home page: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ == <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Application info: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">[|admission] == Personal Statement info: .html

<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructions and Prompts

 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Respond to both prompts, using a maximum of 1,000 words total.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You may allocate the word count as you wish. If you choose to respond to one prompt at greater length, we suggest your shorter answer be no less than 250 words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Stay within the word limit as closely as you can. A little over — 1,012 words, for example — is fine.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Prompt #1 (freshman applicants)
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Prompt #1 (transfer applicants)
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field — such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities — and what you have gained from your involvement.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Prompt #2 (all applicants)
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? (Claire Brownstone)

Homepage: [] Application Page: [] Essay: Uses the Common Application (see Boston University above) Supplement: Profile Questions: Please respond to the following questions so we can get to know you better. Respond in four lines or less, and do not feel compelled to answer using complete sentences Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or musical artists. What newspapers, magazines, and/or websites do you enjoy? What is the most significatn challenge society faces today? How did you spend your last two summers? What where your favorite events (e.g., performances, exhibits, sporting events, etc.) this past year? What historical moment or event do you wish you could have witnessed? What five words best describe you? Short Essays: Please respond to the following essay topics with up to 250 words. Stanford students are widely known to possess a sense of intellectual vitality. Tell us about an idea or an experience you have had that you find intellectually engaging. Virtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roomate that reaveals something about you or that will help your roomate-and us-get to know you better. Tell us what makes Stanford a good place for you

Homepage: [] Application Page: [] Essay: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Short Essay Questions- Please answer each of the following questions in the space provided. Each response should be at 5-6 sentences or 75-100 words. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. What specific characteristics can you bring to the Saint Louis University community? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. What are you looking for in your college experience? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. What do you consider to be the most important invention of our time and why? **Swarthmore College** (Stephanie Carlson) Homepage: Swarthmore.edu Application Page: [] Essays : Swarthmore takes the Common Application ; see the BU entry. Swarthmore also has a supplement with an essay regarding why you would like to go to Swarthmore. [] [] Describe your relationship with Jesus Christ, sharing the experiences and/or influences that are contributing to your spiritual development. Include your thoughts on how you would like to see your faith grow during your college years. 400 words to 2 pages
 * St. Louis University** (Jace Mortimer)
 * Taylor University** - Elizabeth Kelly

**Tulane University** (Stephanie Carlson) Home: Tulane.edu Application Page: [] Essay : Tulane has it’s own application. The essays include a 250-500 word statement about yourself, and a brief statement regarding why you would like to go to Tulane. Home Page: [] Application Page: []
 * University of Chicago** (Elora Karim)

__//Essay 1://__ See Common Application essay under __Boston University__

__//Essays 2 and 3://__ Respond to Question 1 - and, if you choose, Question 2 - by writing a paragraph or two for each question. Then choose one of the five extended essay options, indicate your choice, and write a one- or two-page response. This is your chance to play, analyze (don't agonize), create, compose - let us hear the result of your thinking about something that interests you, in a voice that is your own. Question 1. How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to Chicago. Optional: Question 2. Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers? Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.

__//Essay 4 (Extended Essay) Prompts://__ Essay Option 1. Find x. Essay Option 2. Dog and Cat. Coffee and Tea. Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye. Everyone knows there are two types of people in the world. What are they? Essay Option 3. Salt, governments, beliefs, and celebrity couples are a few examples of things that can be dissolved. You've just been granted the power to dissolve anything: physical, metaphorical, abstract, concrete...you name it. What do you dissolve, and what solvent do you use? Essay Option 4. "Honesty is the best policy, but honesty won't get your friend free birthday cake at the diner." - Overheard in the city of Chicago Does society require constant honesty? Why is it (or why is it not) problematic to shift the truth in one's favor, even if the lie is seemingly harmless to others? If we can be "conveniently honest," what other virtues might we take more lightly? Essay Option 5. In the interest of adventurous inquiry, pose a question of your own. If your prompt is original and thoughtful, then you should have little trouble writing a great essay. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun.

University of Illinois: (Stephen Chow) Home page: [] Application page: []

Essays. Two essays of no more than 300 words each are required in the application. We want to read about you, what interests you and why. After the essays are completed, ask a teacher, counselor, or parent to proofread and provide feedback. Remember, they should not write for you, but help catch misspellings and give suggestions.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County Alia Khan (Home page) <span style="color: #767676; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">www.**umbc**.edu/ (Application Page) []

· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">.A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Topic of your choice.
 * Essay: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

**University** **of Michigan- Ann Arbor - Emily Donnel ** (Homepage)- [] (Application page)- [] Essay questions: See Common App questions under **Boston** **University** Supplemental Questions:


 * 1) Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (Approximately 250 words)
 * 2) Describe the unique qualities that attract you to the specific undergraduate College or School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? (500 words maximum)

NOTE: The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor uses the Common Application and the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor supplement that is linked to the common application website. **University of Minnesota** (Aaron Tuttle) Home page: [|http://www.unm.edu] Application page: https://www.uofminn.org/apply/ No essay required  **University of Sounthern California** (Lance Jessurun) Home Page: [|www.usc.edu]
 * Essay **

Please write an essay of approximately 500–700 words (typically about two double-spaced pages) on one of the following topics. Check the box of your selected topic. USC’s speaker series “What Matters to Me and Why” asks faculty and staff to reflect on their values, beliefs and motivations. Presenters talk about choices they have made, difficulties encountered and commitments solidified. Write an essay about an event or experience that helped you learn what is important to you and why it is important. “Visions and Voices” is a university-wide arts and humanities initiative that seeks to transform students’ perspectives through presentations and performances by top artists, writers and scholars. Tell us about a creative project, performance or other work of yours and how it reflects your vision or voice. Thomas Edison failed many times before successfully inventing the modern electric light bulb. He said, “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.” Reflect on a challenge you overcame through persistence.


 * Short Answers **

Freshman applicants: Please answer questions 1 and 2. Transfer applicants: Please answer questions 1 through 3. Freshman and Transfer applicants: Question 4 is optional. 1. Tell us about an activity that is important to you, and why. Please feel free to talk about an activity other than one you may have discussed in your essay. 2. Describe your academic interests and how you plan to pursue them at USC. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections. 3. Why are you planning to transfer to USC? 4. Optional: Any information you believe is relevant to our consideration of you as an applicant, but not already discussed or explained in your application.


 * Quick Takes **

On a separate sheet, please respond to each of the following in one sentence or less; a single word may suffice. These questions have no right or wrong answers.

• Describe yourself in three words • Favorite food • Favorite fictional character • Greatest invention of all time • What do you like to do for fun? • Role model • Favorite book • Best movie of all time • Favorite musical performer/band, or composer • Dream job


 * Activity Summary **

Please describe your activities briefly, including any awards you might have received, limiting the entire summary to one side of a single page. For each activity, use this format: Name of activity; grade(s) you were involved in it; number of hours per week; number of weeks per year; description of the activity; your role(s). (Example: Spanish Club; 9th–12th grade; 2 hours per week; 30 weeks per year; language club dedicated to promoting the understanding of Spanish language and culture; elected treasurer junior year and president senior year.) 1. Activities and organizations in which you have participated, and offices held (athletics, debate, academic decathlon, community service, cultural and religious organizations, etc.). 2. Work experience. 3. Summer programs, conferences or special events attended. 4. Other special background or experiences, or unusual hobbies. 5. If there are gaps in your education since high school, please provide a chronological list of your activities since then (work, travel, etc.). 6. Transfers: List your courses in progress, indicating fall, winter or spring courses separately. Include unit values.

** University of Wisconsin ** (Jane McMahon) Home Page: [] Application Page: [] Essay 1: The University of Wisconsin values an educational environment that provides all members of the campus community with opportunities to grow and develop intellectually, personally, culturally and socially. In order to give us a more complete picture of you as an individual, please tell us about the particular life experiences, perspectives, talents, commitments and/or interests you will bring to our campus. In other words, how will your presence enrich our community?

Essay 2: Tell us about your academic goals, circumstances that may have had an impact on your academic performance, and, in general, anything else you would like us to know in making an admission decision.

University of Virginia Alia Khan (Home page) http://www.virginia.edu/ (Application Page) http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/apply.html
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">We are looking for passionate students to join our diverse community of scholars, researchers, and artists. Answer the question that corresponds to the school you selected above. Limit your answer to a half page or roughly 250 words.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">College of Arts and Sciences **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Engineering **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: If you were given a $10,000 budget and the opportunity to build a small team of talented, motivated individuals, what would you propose to accomplish?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Architecture **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Discuss an experience that led you to apply to the School of Architecture.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nursing **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Discuss experiences that led you to choose the School of Nursing.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Answer one of the following questions in a half page or roughly 250 words:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">What is your favorite word and why?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Describe the world you come from and how that world shaped who you are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Discuss your favorite place to get lost. (This question was written by U.Va. students who live in one of residential colleges, Brown College at Monroe Hill.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">In The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen when he writes: “We need a steady stream of rising men and women to replenish the institutions, to become strong military leaders and wise political leaders, dedicated journalists and demanding teachers, judges and muckrakers, scholars and critics and artists. We have the best schools to train them, but social and private environments have eroded.” Do you agree with his assessment or not?

University of Virginia Alia Khan (Home page) http://www.virginia.edu/ (Application Page) http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/apply.html
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">We are looking for passionate students to join our diverse community of scholars, researchers, and artists. Answer the question that corresponds to the school you selected above. Limit your answer to a half page or roughly 250 words.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">College of Arts and Sciences **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Engineering **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: If you were given a $10,000 budget and the opportunity to build a small team of talented, motivated individuals, what would you propose to accomplish?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Architecture **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Discuss an experience that led you to apply to the School of Architecture.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nursing **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Discuss experiences that led you to choose the School of Nursing.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Answer one of the following questions in a half page or roughly 250 words:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">What is your favorite word and why?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Describe the world you come from and how that world shaped who you are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Discuss your favorite place to get lost. (This question was written by U.Va. students who live in one of residential colleges, Brown College at Monroe Hill.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">In The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein asserts that social media and youth culture undercut the skills necessary to be a global citizen when he writes: “We need a steady stream of rising men and women to replenish the institutions, to become strong military leaders and wise political leaders, dedicated journalists and demanding teachers, judges and muckrakers, scholars and critics and artists. We have the best schools to train them, but social and private environments have eroded.” Do you agree with his assessment or not?

Home Page: [] Application Page: [] Essay: Same as common App
 * Vanderbilt University** (Melanie Goebel)

Home Page: [] Undergrad Admissions Information: [] Application Page:[| http://admissions.wustl.edu/apply/freshmen/Pages/default.aspx] Takes Common Ap and a Pre-application Data Sheet Aside from Pre-Ap Data Sheet, Wash-U does not have any supplemental questions or forms.
 * Washington University in St. Louis** (Katie Newport)

 Webster University (Marissa Diekhoff)  home page: http://www.webster.edu/  application: https://explore.webster.edu/admissions/undergraduate/application/apply.asp  Essays: see common app essays  Note: Webster has a supplement for the common app, but it does not include additional essays Home Page:[] Application Page:[]
 * Wheaton College** (Jon Ray)

Essay One: In 500 words, share your personal story of fatih in Christ and how your experiences have been formative in growing and developing your current relationship with Christ

Essay Two: Select a topic below and write a 500-750 word essay. a. Have you ever had the experience of having a strong opinion about something, and then changing your mind? What was that experience like? b. Given your desired major, what draws you to that area of study? c. Discuss a local, national, or international issue, and why you’re passionate about it. d. G. K. Chesterton once wrote, “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” Describe an experience you have had that illustrates this idea. e. Describe a time when you made a wholehearted commitment to something bigger than yourself (i.e. church, small group, family, or team). What were some challenges you faced and sacrificies you made, and how did this commitment help you to grow more whole?

Yale University

(Jane McMahon) Home Page: [] Application Page: [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%;">1.

You have already told us about yourself in the Common Application, with its list of activities, Short Answer, and Personal Essay. In this required second essay, tell us something that you would like us to know about you that we might not get from the rest of your application - or something that you would like a chance to say more about. Please limit your essay to fewer than 500 words.

2. If you selected one of the engineering majors, please write a brief third essay telling us what has led you to an interest in this field of study, what experiences (if any) you have had in engineering, and what it is about Yale's engineering program that appeals to you.

NOTE: Must use common application essay as well.