<p>Hi, I'm applying for Notre Dame next year (junior right now), and I was just wondering if the supplement essays that are on their site right now (<a href="http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/supplement/">http://admissions.nd.edu/admission-and-application/supplement/</a>) change every year. Does anyone know? The essay topics look pretty generic to me so I think they don't change every year, but I just want to make sure.</p>
<p>From when I was a junior I was looking ahead to the supplemental essays like you, and they remained the same for when I was applying. So I would expect that they will not change for next year, but you never know. </p>
<p>They do change random years. Our daughter’s questions from this year were different from our son’s who applied 3 years prior.</p>
<p>They do change. There is usually a “Why Notre Dame?” question. Three years ago, the “Take a Risk” one appeared, wasn’t there the next year, but a version of it reappeared this year. The other three were pretty substantially different year to year.</p>
<p>I would recommend clicking on this page (<a href=“People | Undergraduate Admissions | University of Notre Dame”>http://admissions.nd.edu/admissions-staff/</a>), finding your local admissions councilor, and sending them a well written email. They may answer your question, they may not; but you’ll get brownie points regardless.</p>