January 19, 2012 --- The Common Application Association announced that the essay prompts on the 2012-13 Common Application will be identical to those found on the 2011-12 version.
You may find this list of prompts helpful as you begin to plan your essays.
SHORT ANSWER - (1000 character limit)
- Please elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal activities, or work experience).
LONG ESSAY - (250 to 500 words)
Please write an essay on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below.
- A) Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
- B) Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
- C) Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
- D) 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.
- E) 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 of a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
- F) Topic of your choice.
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