January 21, 2010
To: adMISSION POSSIBLE Juniors
From: Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz
The Common Application people have just announced that the Essay questions for the 2010-11 Common Application will be the same as they were this past year. This is very good news since a previous announcement a couple of months ago indicated that the new application will be available in August, rather than the usual July release.
Just in case you want to know, here are the questions:
SHORT ANSWER
Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below or on an attached sheet. (150 words or fewer)
PERSONAL ESSAY
This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself. Choose one of the following topics. (250 words minimum)
1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or 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 a creative work (as in art, music, science, 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 an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated their importance of diversity to you.
6. Topic of Choice
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If there is any additional information you’d like to provide regarding special circumstances, additional qualifications, etc., please do so in the space below of on an attached sheet. (No word count provided)
The Common Application can be found at:
https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx
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