[Harvard]
Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular
activities or work experiences. (150 Words)
You may wish to include an additional essay if
you feel that the college application forms do not provide sufficient
opportunity to convey important information about yourself or your
accomplishments. You may write on a topic of your choice, or you may choose
from one of the following topics:
- Unusual circumstances in your life
- Travel or living experiences in other
countries
- What you would want your future college
roommate to know about you
- An intellectual experience (course, project,
book, discussion, paper, poetry, or research topic in engineering, mathematics,
science or other modes of inquiry) that has meant the most to you
- How you hope to use your college education
- A list of books you have read during the past
twelve months
[Yale]
1.) What
in particular about Yale has influenced your decision to apply? (Please answer
in 100 words or less.)
2.) Please
respond in 150 characters (roughly 25 words) or fewer to each of the questions
below:
a. You have been granted a free weekend next
month. How will you spend it?
b.
What is something about which you have changed your mind in the last three
years?
c.
What is the best piece of advice you have received while in high school?
d.
What do you wish you were better at being or doing?
e.
What is a learning experience, in or out of the classroom, that has had a
significant impact on you?
3.) If any of your education prior to secondary
school has taken place outside of the country where you currently reside,
please list the dates of attendance, institution, country and language of
instruction.
1E). In this essay, please reflect on something
you would like us to know about you that we might not learn from the rest of
your application, or on something about which you would like to say more. You
may write about anything—from personal experiences or interests to intellectual
pursuits. (Please answer in 500 words or less.) Before you begin, we encourage
you to go to http://admissions.yale.edu/essay where you will find helpful
advice. [Princeton] Please briefly
elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences that
was particularly meaningful to you. (About 150 words) Please tell us how
you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years),
including any jobs you have held. (About 150 words) Your favorite book
and its author: Your favorite
movie: Your favorite
website: Two adjectives
your friends would use to describe you: Your favorite
recording: Your favorite
keepsake or memento: Your favorite
source of inspiration: Your favorite
word: Your favorite line
from a movie or book and its title: In addition to the essay
you have written for the Common Application, please select one of the following
themes and write an essay of about 500 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. 2. Using
the statement below as a starting point, tell us about an event or experience
that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the
world. “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. Using
the quotation below as a starting point, reflect on the role that culture plays
in your life. “Culture is what presents us with the kinds of valuable things
that can fill a life. And insofar as we can recognize the value in those things
and make them part of our lives, our lives are meaningful.” - Gideon Rosen,
Stuart Professor of Philosophy, chair of the Council of the Humanities and
director of the Program in Humanistic Studies, Princeton University. 4. Tell us
how you would address the questions raised by the quotation below, or reflect
upon an experience you have had that was relevant to these questions.
\"How can we unlearn the practices of inequality? In other words, how do
we increase our capacities not just to act without racism but to actively
promote racial equality?\" - Imani Perry, Professor, Center for African
American Studies, and Faculty Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs,
Princeton University. 5. Using a
favorite quotation from an essay or book you have read in the last three years
as a starting point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you
define one of your values or changed how you approach the world. Please write
the quotation, title and author at the beginning of your essay.
[Stanford] Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular
activities or work experiences. (150 word limit.) Please respond to the following
seven inquiries so we can get to know you better. Do not feel compelled to use
complete sentences. What newspapers, magazines, and/or websites do you enjoy? What is the most significant challenge that society faces
today? (50 word limit.) How did you spend your last two summers? (50 word limit.) What were your favorite events (e.g., performances, exhibits,
sporting events, etc.) this past year? (50 word limit.) What historical moment or event do you wish you could have
witnessed? (50 word limit.) What five words best describe you? Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect
on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual
development. (250 word limit.) Virtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus.
Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that
will help your roommate -- and us -- know you better. (250 word limit.)
What matters to you, and why? (250 word limit.)
Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or
musical artists.