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The New School 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
The New School 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 1 essay of 500-650 words; 1 essay of 250-500 words. Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why The New School has added a New Challenge to the most basic supplemental question out there: why here? By splitting this classic query into two distinct questions, admissions is asking you […]
Elon University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Elon University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 1 essay of 500 words; 1 optional additional info essay Supplemental Essay Type(s): Additional Information, Oddball The task here is simple: help Elon admissions officers get to know you better. No weird prompts, no extensive lists. Just write one extended essay that tells admissions something they […]
Tufts University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Tufts University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 1 short answer of 50-100 words and 2 essays of 200-250 essays. Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Community, Oddball, Short Answer This year, the Tufts supplement is a classic, starting you off with two classic prompts and then offering up a selection of quirkier questions. Despite the […]
Northwestern University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Northwestern University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide The Requirements: 1 essay of 300 words or less Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why Is it a mirage? No it’s the Northwestern supplement. And yes, it only has one (1!) solitary question. But when a school like Northwestern (with its 10.7% acceptance rate) lobs you a softball, you’ve got […]
Tulane University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Tulane University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 1 essay of 50-800 words; 1 essay of 250 words. Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Activity. Tulane has kept it simple with its classic supplemental questions, so we’ll make this introduction brief. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: a straightforward supplement is a demand […]
University of Chicago 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
University of Chicago 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide The Requirements: 2 essays of 1-2 pages each Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Oddball This is it, the infamous U Chicago supplemental application. These quirky prompts have been a rite of passage for generations of applicants. So before you dive in, just remember that if they could do […]
Brown University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Brown University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 5 essays ranging from 100-200 words each Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Community, Activity Sure, Brown may like to think of itself as the black (brown?) sheep of the Ivy League, but its supplement is pretty by the book. Don’t let the five required essays intimidate you: […]
Cornell University 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Cornell University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: one school-specific essay of 650 words Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why Hoo-boy! This sure looks like a long list of prompts from Cornell… psych! You may be shocked to learn that Cornell hopefuls are only required to write one (1!) supplemental essay. So, what’s with the list? […]
University of Notre Dame 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
University of Notre Dame 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations The Requirements: 3 essays of 175 words each Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why; Oddball; Community Home to a fine athletic tradition, Notre Dame knows the importance of a good warm-up. Their supplement starts out nice and easy, with a garden variety why essay, before ramping up to […]
Amherst College 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
Options on options on options! Amherst’s supplement is a nesting doll of essay choices! To further muddle this metaphor with the words of an ex-Amherst professor: two roads diverged on a supplement, and knowing I could not travel both, I frantically Googled until I found this guide. The Requirements: 1 essay of 300 words Supplemental […]
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