Fall 2025 Essay Prompts
We are beginning to track essays prompts for Fall 2025 (2024-2025). We will sort them by new, mix of new and old, and returning. In our application, we are including all updated requirements.
All New
Arizona State, Barrett Honors College
University of Chicago.
Villanova University (only one prompt this year. choose one of five)
University of Rochester (only one essay choice this year)
Washington & Lee is adding optional short essay topics.
Mix of New and Old
Dartmouth College.
Two new prompts for longer essay choices. One tweaked short and longer response.
Providence College
One same and one new optional essay choice.
University of Texas at Austin
Long Essay: New Austin prompt; Short Anwers: one returning and one new. https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/application-materials/essays-and-short-answers/
Penn State Schreyer Honors College: one returning new long essays one one new. Cut out one short answer.
Returning
Purdue University
University of Georgia. https://www.admissions.uga.edu/blog/fall-2025-uga-essay-questions/
Same as last year with a new sample essay.
Wake Forest
Williams College has the same optional 3-5 page paper.
Yale University