Brooke Allen
The Wall Street Journal asked 10 college presidents to answer one of their own college's admissions essays.
Source: http://www.q4colleges.com
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.
Please describe a daily routine or tradition of yours that may seem ordinary to others but holds special meaning for you. Why is this practice significant to you?
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
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.
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.
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 your formal classroom and extracurricular activities that was just plain fun and why.
"At present you need to live the question." --Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Joan M. Burnham
You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217.
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
