Common Application

2013-2014 Cornell Writing Supplement From the Cornell Admissions Blog. http://blogs.cornell.edu/admissions/2013/07/19/cornell-university-common-application-essay-questions/ The 2014 Common Application will be live on Thursday, August 1. The Cornell Essays and Questions section of the application will ask you to complete the essay question for the specific college/school you are applying to. If you are utilizing the primary/alternate […]

2013-2014 Cornell Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 Babson Writing Supplement From the Babson admissions website (http://blogs.babson.edu/undergraduate/2013/07/19/tours-essays-and-popsicles/) “…this seems to be the week of  schools posting their essay topics (Google College Essay topics 2013-2014) and we at Babson are no different. This year we changed our essay prompt, thanks to suggestions via Facebook from the incoming first year class. […]

2013-2014 Babson Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 Notre Dame Writing Supplement You must submit the Notre Dame Writing Supplement in addition to the Common Application’s First Year Application; this form is available to registered members of the Common Application and must be completed online. The Writing Supplement is submitted separately after the application. The Writing Supplement for First […]

2013-2014 University of Notre Dame Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 Stanford Writing Supplement  1. Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (Required, 150 word limit, Paste in text box) 2. Please respond to the following seven inquiries so we can get to know you better. Do not feel compelled to use complete sentences.  1. Name your favorite […]

2013-2014 Stanford Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 Universal Application Is Now Open Freshman Essay Required for all 38 Universal Application collegess One Long Upload or Paste in. 6000 character limit Please upload (files must be under 1MB) and/or write an essay (500 words or less) on a topic of your choice that demonstrates your ability to […]

2013-2014 Universal Application Is Open

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2013-2014 Tufts Writing Supplement Class of 2018 Thanks to Tufts for updating its supplemental essays. Three of the essays are new and all give great chances for students to share unique new stories and essays. http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/essay-questions/ Here what Tufts has to say: “When you visit the Common Application website to […]

2013-2014 Tufts Writing Supplement

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UNC 2013-2014 Writing Supplement  After much discussion among the admissions committee, we’ve now selected the essay prompts for the 2013-2014 first-year application. We hope they will inspire you to write an essay that will help us understand who you are, how you think, and what you might contribute to the […]

2013-2014 University of North Carolina (UNC) Writing Supplement

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The University of Richmond’s on June 14 released its  2013-2014 Writing Supplement and Tips For Writing It. We copy directly from its Admissions Blog–http://admissionblog.richmond.edu/ Tom Nicholas, Senior Assistant Director of Admission, writes:  “In light of these new (Common Application) questions – all of which, directly or indirectly, get at the same […]

2013-2014 University of Richmond Writing Supplement Plus Blog Tips

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Every year, the University of Chicago asks applicants to write an additional long essay. Their prompts are some of the most creative around. They can often spark a great essay that applicants can use somewhere else or that even can become their common application long essays. Here is the full […]

2013-2014 University of Chicago Writing Supplement-#CA4 Version

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I  really love the app (ALL COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAYS) and use it as a go-to for a lot of different things.  I notice it’s available through the Google Play store now (I’m an Android AND an Apple user — go figure!) I took a screen shot of the Middlebury app […]

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