The first-year essay for the application for 2017 will be new. Rutgers requires that you provide a short essay that is your original work. Please address one of the topics:
• Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
• Describe a time you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
• Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
• What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
• Submit an essay on the topic of your choice.
By “submit an essay on the topic of your choice,” is it referring to the previous four essay prompts, or can I use a different prompt (e.g., the Common App prompts)?