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REMEMBER THE THINGS I SAID THAT COLLEGES WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?1. Where you’re starting from (school, family, community: people around you who give you support). 2. What are you good at?What do you enjoy learning or doing?3. Has anything gotten in the way of you developing what you’re good at? Gotten in the way of your learning or doing what you enjoy?4. Has anyone, or anything, helped you learn? Who / what circumstances?5. What’s important to you, and why?What do you think about?6. What have you done, and what have you learned from it?7. What impact have you had on others, and how?8. What do you want to study / learn / do in college?9. What are your dreams or goals in life? Or in the next 4 years?OR, simplified:Where do you come from?Has anything kept you from achieving your fullest?What’s important to you, and why?What impact have you had on others, and how?THREE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS which have essays / personal questionsCollege / university has its own applicationCommon Application: 600+ collegesCommon App plus supplemental essays for specific collegesCoalition Application 150 colleges total (139 in 2018-19)Coalition App plus supplemental essays for specific collegesUniv. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Application:Explain your interest in the major you selected and describe how you have recently explored or developed this interest inside and/or outside the classroom. You may also explain how this major relates to your future career goals. If you're applying to the? HYPERLINK "" \t "blank" Division of General Studies, explain your academic interests and strengths or your future career goals. You may include any majors or areas of study you're currently?considering. Limit your response to 300 to 400?words.If you selected a 2nd-choice major, elaborate on it like you did for the first one (400). Univ. of California Application (ALL are 350 words): CHOOSE 4 Leadership that positively influenced others, helped resolve something, or contributed to group efforts over time?How you express your creative side?Greatest talent? How have you developed it?How have you taken advantage of a significant opportunity or overcome a barrier (both educational)?Most significant challenge faced and how you've overcome it? How has it affected academic achievement? ?How have you furthered interest in an academic subject inside/outside the classroom?What have you done to make your school/community a better place?What makes you a strong candidate for UC other than what's already in the application?MIT Application:Something done for the pleasure of it (100 words)?What department or program at MIT appeals to you and why (100 words)?Contribution to community (250 words)?World you come from and how it's shaped dreams/ aspirations (250 words)?Most significant challenge and how you managed it (250 words)?Coalition Application: Choose one (550 WORDS):Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give younger siblings or friends (assuming they would listen to you)?Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.Univ. of Washington - Seattle ( )Describe your community and how you might add to diversity of UW (300 words).Additional optional space of 200 words to add anything (specific major, hardship, etc.)Common Application: Choose one (250-650 words)Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma - anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.Harvey Mudd (small college that specializes in STEM fields)What made you want to apply (community and curriculum)(500 words)?PICK ONE (500 words):Dream humanities class?How does your background influence problems you want to solve?One thing your application doesn't tell us?Optional research/ other submission?California Institute of TechnologyList 5 books that are meaningful & give a short blurb (200 char) as to why. Difficult ethical situation you've been in, response, and how did you arrive at solution (200 words)? ?Unusual way in which you have fun (200 words)?How do you contribute to diversity of community (200 words)?How will Cal Tech help you meet your goals (500)?StanfordShorter (ALL 50 words): ?Most significant challenge society faces?How were last 2 summers spent?What historical moment do you wish you could have witnessed?5 words to best describe youWhat do you read/listen to/watch when the choice is yours?One thing you look forward to experiencing here?What would you do with an extra hour in the day?Longer (ALL 250 words):Idea that makes you excited about learning?Note to future roommate? Something that is meaningful to you and why?Univ of PennsylvaniaHow would you explore your interests at Penn (in respect to specific school you are applying to) (650)? ?Jerome Fisher Management & Technology Program (2017-18 prompts) - no word count found 1. Explain how you will use this program to explore your interest in business, engineering, and the intersection of the two. It is helpful to identify potential engineering and business paths available at Penn.2. Please describe a time in which you displayed leadership.Carnegie MellonWhy CM and why the specific major (1 page single spaced)?List books from this year that you've read for pleasure. Choose 1 and describe impact on you (500).Why would you take a gap year (500)? Optional research etc. submission?U MichiganIf you could keep only 1 activity what would it be (150)?Choose 1 community and describe place within it (300)?What school are you interested in and how would it support your interests (550)?UNC-Chapel HillPICK 2 (250):Tell us about a peer who has made a difference in your life.What do you hope will change about the place where you live? One thing we don't know that you want us to?How does your background help you contribute to education of classmates at UNC? ................
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