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Early Action/Decision: Nov 1
Regular Decision Deadline: Jan 15
The Requirements: 1 essay of 350-500 words
Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why
This prompt is asking you to describe what you want to major in, what has prepared you for the challenges and opportunities associated with it, and how those realizations have shaped your goals. That’s a loaded question—but it’s nothing you can’t handle. The admissions officer reviewing your application will likely expect you to connect your intended major to some prior experience, personality traits, and/or passion as well, so tell a story. The essays that stick with us are the ones that jump off the page with concrete descriptions from real life. What interests you and why? How have you gone about learning more about your subject of interest? What will this degree empower you to do? How have you already explored your inclinations? While you don’t need to narrow in on the exact moment you became interested in Geology or Music Education, it would be helpful to focus on one or two significant experiences. Narrowing in will allow you to do more showing than telling. (If you say you’re determined or meticulous or creative, back it up with an example of a time you embodied that trait!) Your story should showcase your unique connection to your chosen course of study.
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