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Common Application 
　

SHORT ANSWER

Please briefly elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal activities, or work experience). Attach your response on a separate sheet (150 words or fewer).

PERSONAL ESSAY

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 (250–500 words) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below.

� 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.

New York U
Your responses will be limited to 750 characters

1. If you were a member of the committee that was reviewing this (your) application, what is the single most important aspect of your application that you would emphasize in order to convince the rest of the committee to offer this candidate (you) admission— and why?
2. Please tell us about something you did last Sunday afternoon (or the Sunday before that, or the Sunday before that . . . ).
3. Many students decide to apply to NYU because of our New York City location. Apart from the New York City location, please tell us why you feel NYU will be a good match for you.

4. Please tell us what led you to select your anticipated academic program and/or NYU school/college, and what interests you most about your intended discipline.

Additional Information:

Duke U

1.   (Required 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. (Please limit your response to one to three paragraphs.)

2.   (Required for Transfer Applicants Only) Consider the books, essays, poems, or journal articles you have read over the last year or two, either for school or leisure. Please discuss the way in which one of them has changed your understanding of the world, other people, or yourself. (Please limit your response to one to three paragraphs.)

The following questions are optional—and yes, they truly are optional! If you choose not to answer them, your chance of admission will not be affected.

1.   (For Arts and Sciences Applicants Only) If you are applying to Trinity College of Arts and 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 to three paragraphs.)

2.   If you have participated in any significant research activity outside of school, please provide a brief description and limit this response to one or two paragraphs.

3.   We seek to understand and appreciate you as an individual. If there is a parent, sibling, other relative, or friend of yours who you think could help us do that, we would be happy to receive a one-page letter from one of them. 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.

U of Penn
1. Tell us what you like to do for fun. Please answer in the space provided.

2. Name a Penn professor with whom you would like to study or conduct research and explain why. Please answer in the space provided.

3. Essay:  Describe the courses of study and the unique characteristics of the University of Pennsylvania that most interest you. Why do these interests make you a good match for Penn?

(Optional) Your intellectual abilities, your sense of imagination and your creativity are important to us. If you would like to further express these qualities,

you may include an optional essay on one of the following three prompts. Your essay should not exceed one page.

a. You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217.

b. First experiences can be defining. Cite a first experience that you have had and explain its impact on you.

c. Recall an occasion when you took a risk that you now know was the right thing to do.

+ 사진 (Option)

Stanford U
2007 Short Essays (you must write on all three topics; each is about one-third page in length)

-  Of all the activities, interests and experiences listed on the previous page, which is the most meaningful to you, and why?

-  Sharing intellectual interests is an important aspect of university life. Describe an idea or experience that you find
   intellectually exciting, and explain why.

-  Write a note to your future roommate relating a personal experience that reveals something about you.

2007 Long Essay (choose only one topic; this should be no more than one page)

-  "A picture is worth a thousand words" as the adage goes. (You're limited to the space provided, however.) Sometimes a photo or picture can capture an object that you treasure, a person you admire or a place that you love; sometimes a photograph is simply your record of an experience or moment in your life. Imagine one photo or picture that you have, or would like to have, and tell us why it is meaningful to you.

-  As you reflect on your life thus far, what has someone said, written or expressed in some fashion that is especially meaningful to you? Why?

U of Chicago
Essay Option 1
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there." -- Miles Davis (1926-91)
Inspired by Jack Reeves, a graduate of Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, CT
Essay Option 2
In his book Having Everything Right: Essays of Place, Kim Stafford describes the Kwakiutl tribe of British Columbia assigning place-names based on the natural characteristics of a location, the events that took place there, or the feelings that the site instilled. "Where Salmon Gather," "Sound of Dripping Water," and "Where Dzo'noq!wa Cried Out Oh," were among the names the Kwakiutl people assigned to their surroundings. He'lade, translating to "Place Having Everything Right," was of particular meaning, as it was the name universally given to exceptional locations. What is your he'lade?
Inspired by Ian Gavlick, a graduate of Hockinson High School, Vancouver, WA
Essay Option 3
You are hosting a brunch of historical, literary, or other disreputable persons (think: Mad Hatter's Tea Party). What is your menu? Who are your guests? In answering this question, imagine a scenario: We want some exposition, serious or silly, we would accept some dialogue, and we are willing to trust you to respond in such a way that your brain power, your imagination, your sense of taste, and your capacity to tell a story reveal something true about you.
Inspired by Alex Tievsky, a graduate of Oakton High School, Vienna, VA
Essay Option 4
The Cartesian coordinate system is a popular method of representing real numbers and is the bane of eighth graders everywhere. Since its introduction by Descartes in 1637, this means of visually characterizing mathematical values has swept the globe, earning a significant role in branches of mathematics such as algebra, geometry, and calculus. Describe yourself as a point or series of points on this axial arrangement. If you are a function, what are you? In which quadrants do you lie? Are x and y enough for you, or do you warrant some love from the z-axis? Be sure to include your domain, range, derivative, and asymptotes, should any apply. Your possibilities are positively and negatively unbounded.
Inspired by Joshua Nalven, a graduate of West Orange High School, West Orange, NJ
Essay Option 5
Take as a model the students who inspired Options 2 and 4 as you pose and respond to an uncommon prompt 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, sensible woman or man, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun

Boston U
If you are applying to Sargent College, the School of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Communication, the School of Hospitality Administration, the School of Management, or any of the accelerated programs (the Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Education Program, the Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Dental Education Program, or the New Jersey Medical School Seven-Year Medical Program), you must submit essay number 1.
Applicants to the University Professors Program must also submit essay number 2.

Please put your name and Social Security number on each essay sheet you submit with your application. All students must submit the short essay listed below and essay number 1 or 2 if required by your program of application.

1.       We would like to know, in no more than 500 words, what experiences have led you to select your professional field and objective. Complete only if you are applying to Sargent College, the School of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Communication, the School of Hospitality Administration, the School of Management, or any of the accelerated programs.

　

2.       For applicants to the University Professors Program only. In no more than 750 words, please answer the following two questions in essay form.

　

o        Why are you applying for admission to the University Professors Program? Please describe the academic or other factors that influenced your decision. Include as much autobiographical detail as you wish. It will also be helpful to discuss what you consider to have been your intellectual development over the past few years, as well as any changes in direction that you think are of importance.

o        What form do you think your eventual academic program should take? Attempt to describe, even if tentatively, the kind of studies and research that you think you should pursue if you are to achieve your objectives. This description will help the committee to determine whether the University Professors Program suits your academic objectives.

Short Essay
Students consider many different factors when applying to college. Briefly discuss who or what influenced your decision to apply to Boston University. Please be as specific as possible. (Please limit your response to the space below.)


　

Carnegie Mellon U
Please submit a one-page essay that explains why you have chosen your major, department or program. This essay should include the reasons why you've chosen the major, any goals or relevant work plans and any other information you would like us to know. If you are applying to more than one college or program, please mention each college or program you are applying to. Because our admission committees review applicants by college and programs, your essay can impact their final decision. Please do not exceed one page for this essay.
No more than one-page of additional information.

Johns Hopkins U
1. Respond to the following, using whatever space and medium you like. (freshman applicants only):

If you had a full day with no commitments, no homework, no home responsibilities, and only the money in your pocket, what would you do? Where would you go? Whom would you take with you?

2. Type a brief essay in which you respond to the following question. (freshman applicants only):

By this point in your academic career you have taken a variety of courses, each with its own distinguishing characteristics. Which one has had the most influence on your interests and goals for the future and why?

Princeton U
Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years), including any jobs you have held.

In addition to the 500-word essay you have written for the Common Application, please select one of the following themes and write an essay of about 300 words in response. Please do not repeat, in full or in part, the essay you wrote for the Common Application.

1. Tell us about a person who has influenced you in a significant way.

- Using one of the quotes below (or your own favorite quotation) as a jumping off point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values.

2. “Princeton in the Nation's Service” was the title of a speech given by Woodrow Wilson on the 150th anniversary of the University. It became the unofficial Princeton motto and was expanded for the University’s 250th anniversary to “Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations”.

Woodrow Wilson, Princeton Class of 1879, served on the faculty and was Princeton’s president from 1902-1910.

3. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day.”

Albert Einstein, Princeton resident 1933 – 1955

4. “Some questions cannot be answered./ They become familiar weights in the hand,/ Round stones pulled from the pocket, unyielding and cool”

Jane Hirshfield, poet, Princeton Class of 1973

Engineering Essay:

If you are interested in pursuing a B.S.E. (Bachelor of Science in Engineering), please write an essay describing why you are interested in studying engineering, any experiences in or exposure to engineering you have had, and how you think the programs in engineering offered at Princeton suit your particular interests. If your response exceeds the available space, you may continue it on the additional information page.

Additional Information:

Yale U
You have already told us about yourself in the Common Application, with its list of activities, the Short Answer, and the Personal Statement. While we leave the topic of your second essay entirely up to you, we encourage you to use this opportunity to tell us something that we could not learn from the rest of your application. Try to pick a topic that will convey some aspect of your experience or outlook that you would like us to understand better. Please keep your essay under 500 words.
Additional Information:Please use the space below to complete any responses that would not fit in the fields provided.

Bobson College
Write a letter to your first-year roommate at Babson. Tell him or her what it will be like to live with you, why you chose Babson, and what you are looking forward to the most in college.

Additional Information:

Syracuse U
1. What are your career and academic aspirations? (several sentences)
2. Describe one thing you haven't yet accomplished in your life that you really want to do. Explain how being at Syracuse University will help you accomplish it. (100 words)
Additional Information:

CALTECH
Summer Activities: Volunteer work, research, camp, travel, etc. — indicate years.
Please limit your response to about 200 words.
1. What are three adjectives your friends would use to describe you?
2. Please list three books, along with their authors, that have been particularly meaningful to you. You need not confine yourself to math- or science-related texts.
3. 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?
4. Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor and creative pranks and for finding unusual ways to have fun. What is something that you find fun or
humorous?

Essays
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!
Please fill the rectangle on the application form with something you think is interesting. Please do not send us disks, CDs, videos, URLs or any item that cannot lay flat in an 8.5 x11 file folder. Electronic submissions should be sent as JPEG files to: thebox@admissions.caltech.edu. Please see guidelines for electronic submissions in the Caltech Application Instructions.
Additional Information:

Dartmouth College
On the various recommendation forms, your recommenders will be asked for a few words that best describe you. We’d like you to have the same opportunity. What four or five words would you use to describe yourself ? There is no need for an explanation. Thanks. 5개

Northwestern U
shorts statements

All applicants must limit the length of each statement to the space provided.
1. If you could pose for a formal oil portrait in the style of Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors, what possessions would surround you and why?

2. What fictional character would you choose as your college roommate and why?

Northwestern Statement

All applicants must respond to the following question in no more than 300 words. your response must be typed and submitted on a separate sheet of paper. type your name, date of birth, and secondary school at the top of the sheet. What are your reasons for wanting to attend Northwestern?

Optional Statement ;Statement on Research
If you have done any research or independent study outside of school, please include an abstract or summary of your work.

Statement for All Applicants Not in School

Please provide an explanation of why you discontinued your studies. What have you been doing since leaving school?


U Texas Austin
International Freshman Applicant Essay Choices

Every applicant for UT Austin Freshman Admission must write and submit at least two essays. Select at least two of the following essays for submission. Use the information about essay requirements to help you determine which essays to submit.   Two of the six topics (A,B,D,E,F or G) Topics A and B are preferred. Each essay must be no longer than one page

·                                 A: Personal Essay 1
Describe a significant setback, challenge or opportunity in your life and the impact that it has had on you.

·                                 B: Personal Essay 2
Many students expand their view of the world during their time in college. Such growth often results from encounters between students who have lived different cultural, economic, or academic experiences. With your future growth in mind, describe a potential classmate that you believe you could learn from either within or outside a formal classroom environment.

·                                 D: Major-specific essays
The following essays should be submitted in place of Essay A when sent with your application for admission to the indicated major.

D.1 - Architecture Essay:
Describe an aesthetic experience you have had that was brought about by an architectural space or a sequence of spaces, either interior or exterior. Try to link the nature of the experience to the nature of the space.

D.2 - Art, Art History, Visual Art Studies/Teacher Certification Essay:
Describe the art or art history instruction you have received thus far, either in or out of the classroom, and what you believe you have learned from it. Given your background in art or art history, what has drawn you to this University and what do you expect to gain from the instruction you will receive during your undergraduate years.

·                                 E: Critical Thinking 1
Carefully describe a situation outside the scientific laboratory (i.e. in everyday life) in which it is sensible to apply the scientific method, show how the method is applied, and tell what results you expect to obtain. The scientific method is a broad range of protocols for using data to formulate and test hypotheses; you may choose any version of the method.

·                                 F: Critical Thinking 2
Explain a belief you accepted at some time in your life but have rejected on the basis of a rational process. Perhaps the change was initiated by something you heard or some experience you have had; but for this essay you must go beyond reporting what you heard or describing what happened to you. You must display the process of reasoning that carried you to your new belief. In your essay, be careful to explain the belief itself, reasons you had for holding it, and, most important, the rational process that led you to reject it.

·                                 G: Book Essay
Choose an imaginative book that you have read for pleasure. It should be a book you had fun reading; it could be fantasy, romance, mystery, science fiction, or even an unusually delicious classic, but it should not be a school or AP assignment. Defend your selection against this criticism: Because it does not tell the truth, imaginative literature must shut down readers' rational faculties, in order that it can appeal to their emotions; the effect of such literature, then, is to weaken the minds of its readers. For background on such issues, consult the Plan II Honors web site. The author of this line of criticism is Plato, but you do not need to know anything about Plato to write a good essay.

U of North Carolina CH

Because we can't meet all of our applicants personally, please help us get to know you better through the following essays. Feel free to be as serious or as humorous as you'd like; feel free also to write about something other than yourself if you feel that, by doing so, you'll help us gain a better understanding of who you are and how you think.

Please bear in mind that your essays are very important and will be evaluated not only for admission, but also for possible selection for the Honors Program and merit-based scholarships.

If you apply on paper, write the essays on separate sheets of paper and enclose them with your application. Please include your full legal name and date of birth at the top of each sheet. If you apply online, be sure to submit these essays with your online application.

Short Answer Questions (Required)

Complete each of the following sentences about yourself. Don’t think too long or too hard; just help us get to know you better. Your responses could be as short as one word or as long as about 20 words – no longer, please.

● The last book I read outside of class was ____________________________________________________________________.

● It would surprise my friends to know that I __________________________________________________________________.

● If I could travel anywhere in time or space, either real or imagined, I’d go to __________________________________.

● My least favorite famous person from the last fifty years is ___________________________________________________.

● The question I would most like to have answered is _________________________________________________________.

● My favorite random fact is _________________________________________________________________________________.

● My most treasured possession is ___________________________________________________________________________.

Essays (Required)

Please respond to two of the prompts below. One of your essays should be short (about 250 words) and one essay should be longer (about 500 words).

1. Imagine that you could design your own class. Write a description for this class and what you hope you and your classmates would learn.

2. On the theory that you can learn a lot about people from the company they keep, tell us about a good friend of yours. What do you most respect about this person, and why?

3. Describe a mistake that you’ve seen some leader make, and tell us what you would have done differently. Please keep in mind that the leader in question doesn’t have to be prominent; instead, the person could be someone in your community, your school, or your household – maybe even you yourself.

4. Tell us about a difficult conversation that you once had with someone. What did you learn from this conversation? Did you say anything you now regret saying, or is there something you now wish you had said?

5. What are you really curious about? How has this curiosity affected your life? What happens to you when you experience this curiosity?

6. You are a novelist and have just begun to write your next book. Please complete the first paragraph (or page) of your novel, using one of these first sentences or one of your own creation.

“It was a dark and stormy night….” or

“I hear a loud scream outside my window….” or

“What can you say when the world around you seems to be dying ….” or

“The landscape was brown and dry, void of any redeeming features….” or

“As I turned the corner, I saw the person who saved my life ten years ago….” or

“The last time I was in. . . .”

7. The logo for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the Old Well. If you could choose a logo or symbol to represent you, what would it be and why?

8. If you have written an essay for another school’s application that you really like, feel free to use it as your longer essay for us. Please be sure to tell us (a) what essay you are answering and (b) why you think this essay represents you well (your explanation will not be included in the essay word count).

Optional Additional Statement – (please limit your answer to approximately 250 words)

Is there anything else you would like to share with us regarding your background or interests? For example, do you have any exceptional talents or passions? Have you overcome exceptional difficulties or challenges? Have you participated in any programs or activities to help you prepare for college, such as Project Uplift, Gear-Up, AVID, Upward Bound, LEAD, or Summer Ventures?