------ MIT (Jan, 3) --------------------------------------------------------------------- - ✔ We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it.* 150 words or fewer - ✔ Tell us more about why this field of study at MIT appeals to you.* 100 words or fewer Our essay questions ask for short answers of approximately 200 words each. Remember that your essays are not a writing test. They're the place in the application where we look for your voice—who you are, what drives you, what’s important to you. We just want to learn a little more about you. Your essay responses should be approximately 200 words in length, but we provide enough space for up to 225. We recommend you work on your essays outside of the application portal and then paste them in when you’re done. Describe your community - How has the world you come from - including your opportunities, experiences, and challenges - shaped your dreams and aspirations?* 225 words or fewer Contributing to your community - MIT brings people with diverse backgrounds together to collaborate, from tackling the world's biggest challenges to lending a helping hand. Describe one way you have collaborated with others to learn from them, with them, or contribute to your community together.* 225 words or fewer Learning from challenges - ✔ How did you manage a situation or challenge that you didn't expect? What did you learn from it?* 225 words or fewer Additional information - No application can meet the needs of every individual. If there is significant information that you were not able to include elsewhere in the application, you may include it here. (Many students will leave this section blank—and that's okay.) Please note, we may not be able to access all links you share. If you have supplemental materials you would like to submit, please refer to our optional creative portfolios. optional; 350 words or fewer ===================================================================================== --------- ✔ Brown University (Jan, 3) --------------------------------------------------- - Brown's Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might pursue them at Brown. (200-250 words)* - Students entering Brown often find that making their home on College Hill naturally invites reflection on where they came from. Share how an aspect of your growing up has inspired or challenged you, and what unique contributions this might allow you to make to the Brown community. (200-250 words)* - Brown students care deeply about their work and the world around them. Students find contentment, satisfaction, and meaning in daily interactions and major discoveries. Whether big or small, mundane or spectacular, tell us about something that brings you joy. (200-250 words)* - What is your most meaningful extracurricular commitment, and what would you like us to know about it? (100 words)* - If you could teach a class on any one thing, whether academic or otherwise, what would it be? (100 words)* - In one sentence, Why Brown? (50 words)* --------- ✔ Dartmouth (Jan, 2) --------------------------------------------------------- Required of all applicants, please respond in 100 words or fewer: Dartmouth celebrates the ways in which its profound sense of place informs its profound sense of purpose. As you seek admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2028, what aspects of the College's academic program, community, and/or campus environment attract your interest? - In short, why Dartmouth?* Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:* - There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today. - “Be yourself,” Oscar Wilde advised. “Everyone else is taken.” Introduce yourself. Required of all applicants, please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer:* - What excites you? - Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta recommended a life of purpose. “We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things,” she said. “That is what we are put on the earth for.” In what ways do you hope to make—or are you already making—an impact? Why? How? - Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth's Class of 1925, wrote, “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” As you wonder and think, what's on your mind? - Celebrate your nerdy side. - “It's not easy being green…” was the frequent refrain of Kermit the Frog. How has difference been a part of your life, and how have you embraced it as part of your identity and outlook? - As noted in the College's mission statement, “Dartmouth educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership…” Promise and potential are important aspects of the assessment of any college application, but they can be elusive qualities to capture. Highlight your potential and pro -------- ✔ Yale (Jan, 3) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Selected Math, CS, Physics Tell us about a topic or idea that excites you and is related to one or more academic areas you selected above. Why are you drawn to it? (200 words or fewer)* Why Yale? What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)* Short Takes Please respond in no more than 200 characters (approximately 35 words or fewer), to each of the following questions: 1. What inspires you?* 2. If you could teach any college course, write a book, or create an original piece of art of any kind, what would it be?* 3. Other than a family member, who is someone who has had a significant influence on you? What has been the impact of their influence? * 4. What is something about you that is not included anywhere else in your application?* Yale Essays: Please respond to one of the following prompts in 400 words or fewer. Please indicate the number of the prompt you choose. 1. Reflect on a time you discussed an issue important to you with someone holding an opposing view. Why did you find the experience meaningful? 2. Reflect on your membership in a community to which you feel connected. Why is this community meaningful to you? You may define community however you like. 3. Reflect on an element of your personal experience that you feel will enrich your college. How has it shaped you?* ----- ✔Common APP: ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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? - Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you? - 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. ---- ✔ Harvard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 200 words max - Harvard has long recognized the importance of enrolling a diverse student body. How will the life experiences that shape who you are today enable you to contribute to Harvard?* - Briefly describe an intellectual experience that was important to you.* - Briefly describe any of your extracurricular activities, employment experience, travel, or family responsibilities that have shaped who you are.* - How do you hope to use your Harvard education in the future?* - Top 3 things your roommates might like to know about you.*