Generating A master List of Common App Essay Questions

College Essays
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<p>Prupose: To help out some ppl (like my sister :]) who haven’t ordered every single common app under the sun, but would like to know the essay questions of different colleges.</p>

<p>So… I’ll start with the pretty generic ones:</p>

<li>Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</li>
<li>Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.</li>
<li>Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.</li>
<li>Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.</li>
<li>A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.</li>
<li>Topic of your choice.</li>
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<p>PERSONAL ESSAY （Common Application）Princeton University:</p>

<p>This personal statement helps us become acquainted with you in ways different from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will demonstrate your ability to organize thoughts and express yourself. We are looking for an essay that will help us know you better as a person and as a student. Please write an essay (250 words minimum) on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below.</p>

<p>Please indicate your topic by checking the appropriate box below.</p>

<p>1 Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</p>

<p>2 Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.</p>

<p>3 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.</p>

<p>4 Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.</p>

<p>5 A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.</p>

<p>6 Topic of your choice.</p>

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<p>nice post 10char</p>

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<p>Harvard University: Common App Personal Essay</p>

<p>Please indicate your topic by checking the appropriate box below.</p>

<p>1 Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</p>

<p>2 Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.</p>

<p>3 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.</p>

<p>4 Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.</p>

<p>5 A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.</p>

<p>6 Topic of your choice.</p>

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<p>Harvard University: Common App Personal Essay</p>

<p>Please indicate your topic by checking the appropriate box below.</p>

<p>1 Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</p>

<p>2 Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.</p>

<p>3 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.</p>

<p>4 Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.</p>

<p>5 A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.</p>

<p>6 Topic of your choice.</p>

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<p>You do realize that you are all posting the Common App questions over and over again? Because the individual questions will be found on the supplementary forms...</p>