Emory Essay

What have you guys written for the " In the age of social media, what does engaging with integrity look like for you?" … S

PM me if you want to discuss about that prompt. It’s kind of vague and more difficult to approach than the other 3 prompts.

Definitely the worst prompt to pick IMO

It’s a pretty fun prompt if you really engage it. Also, because many people are going to be deterred by its ambiguousness, choosing it would help you stand out.

@jons12 I agree with you. It’s a great question and timely.

I don’t see how this question can prompt anything more than “Don’t post something you wouldn’t be comfortable having your grandmother see”

well, i would say it’s more about your identity. online, we tend to create a different image of ourselves and that image has begun to bleed into our daily lives as we try to be someone we’re not. having integrity would be staying true to yourself, rather than hiding behind the facade of someone we pretend to be

Yeah but wont everyone write that same thing… its not like anyone is going to write that that one should bully and insult other people online… it says nothing about how a person really is IMO…

It’s a poorly written prompt, IMO.

It shows what your thought process is when online and displays your moral principles. With all the recent online controversy regarding universities and its students, Emory wants to ensure that its applicants and admits have strong principles both offline and online. I believe the school has reasons to ask this question as it wants to know another aspect of the applicant. By taking on this ambiguous prompt, you already stand out from the rest of the applicant pool.

Emory launched the Emory Integrity Project. So it’s on their minds.

The essay is limited to 150 words, but you could have an hour long seminar on what it means to engage in social media (and there are many vehicles of social media) with integrity. However, I would add that discussing this topic here, while it is still an active item on the Emory application, would lack integrity. Let’s allow the applicants to either choose to tackle the question or pass on it and answer two other questions.