Options on options on options! Amherst’s supplement is a nesting doll of essay choices! To further muddle this metaphor with the words of an ex-Amherst professor: two roads diverged on a supplement, and knowing I could not travel both, I frantically Googled until I found this guide. The Requirements: 1 essay of 300 words Supplemental […]
Thank your lucky stars you chose to apply to Boston University! This application supplement is a gift: two of the most straightforward prompts you could ask for, and only one of them is required. But beware, a simple supplement is no reason to ignore a school or save it until the last minute. In fact, […]
Imagine this: you’ve just finished putting the final touches on your Common App essay. Those 650 words put you through the ringer, but you emerged victorious. You’re so relieved that all of your supplemental essays will be shorter than this monster… but wait. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking for another mega personal statement of […]
The Requirements: 1-3 essays of roughly 250 words each Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Community, Additional Info Virginia Tech 2017-18 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide Virginia Tech certainly lives up to its name. Its independent application requires students to execute perhaps the trickiest calculation of their lives. You can write “up to three” essays? No official word limit? […]
The Requirements: 2 essays of 150 words (1 required, 1 choice) Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Community Georgia Tech 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations Georgia Tech’s unassuming supplement does a good job of disguising its challenges. 2 essays of a combined length of 300 words – easy, right? While the first prompt poses as a basic […]
The Requirements: 1 essay of 500 words or less Supplemental Essay Type(s): Open-ended College of William & Mary 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations Why hello, you lucky devils. William & Mary only has one supplemental essay! And it’s optional! Actually, the second part is kind of a lie. William & Mary may refer to this […]
The Requirements: 7 short answer questions; 1-2 additional short essays of 250-300 words each Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Short Answer, Oddball Yale University 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations Short Answers dominate the Yale application. So, in brief, they’re looking for confidence. When an essay must clock in at under 100 words, you don’t have time […]
The Requirements: 1 long essay of 500 words; 3 short essays of 200 words each; 1 short answer Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why, Activity, Short Answer, Oddball California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations LISTEN UP, NERDS! Caltech wants you to be true to yourself and the office of admissions makes that quite […]
The Requirements: 2-3 brief essays Supplemental Essay Type(s): Activity, Why Georgetown 2017-18 Application Essay Question Explanations Georgetown probably likes to think of itself as one of those holdout, maverick schools that has resisted the siren call of the Common Application. Well, we have bad news for them. (Which means we have good news for you, […]
The Requirements: 2 short answers, 1 list, and 1 longer essay Supplemental Essay Type(s): Short Answer, Activity, Oddball Princeton University 2017-18 Application Essay Questions Explanation This is Princeton, the Number One university in the nation. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Jk, we can smell the sweat on your palms from here. So first, take a […]
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