Sweet Briar College essay

College Essays
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Hello people.
So this is the essay prompt for Sweet Briar College:
“What is your greatest concern as you consider attending Sweet Briar College?” (max 300 words)

What do they want to know/mean by my greatest concern concern? Is it like the “Why X” type of essay or they are asking for something else?

helpplease

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weird question…weather? food? I’d keep that humorous and generic

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U mean my question is weird or the prompt? I just want to know what are they asking for like what do they mean by my greatest concern? Is it like those"Why X" type of essay where I say why do I want to attend the school or something else?

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the prompt.

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my biggest concern would be that they are focusing their acceptances with a “negative” spin. It’s just a weird question to me because it looks like they want to expose your weaknesses as opposed to learning about your strengths.

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I think that it is a genuine & straightforward essay prompt. Appropriate for a small, single sex school. Get concerns up front. Causes applicants to think about whether or not a small, rural (?), single sex option is want they want.

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I wonder if they are getting at your biggest concern about SB. A few years ago the college went through a financial crisis and almost closed. It was a near thing. Maybe they are trying to see if people are still concerned about that? Or maybe they are trying to get a handle on what they should go to improve as a school?

I will tell you that it isn’t uncommon for colleges to change or drop their supplemental question from year to year. So working on them now isn’t necessarily going to save you work in the fall. Things to work on now:

  • Your Common App essay. Those questions have been released.
  • Creating a full list of your activities and awards in HS for the Common App in the order of importance to you. This is a bit of s hassle, so starting your list and putting more stuff on as you do or remember it is a good task for spring of junior year. They also want to know what years you did them and average hours per week. Don’t forget summer activities and things outside of school.
  • Improving your test scores. Plenty of time to study for and bring up scores. Higher scores give you more choices & more scholarship/merit aid opportunities.
  • Look for local scholarships. Scouts, 4H, Lions Clubs, etc. Ask your GC for local scholarships other students from your HS have gotten. They are smaller, and often only 1 year, but easier to get than big national scholarships.
  • Finalizing your college list. Running net price calculators on the college website, researching (visiting if you can, looking at major requirements and class offerings, reading sources like Fiske).
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I am an international student btw. Besides, it’s not really rural; it’s suburban. I’m still confused about what should I write about. What would you write about publisher?

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intparent SB’s applications are on a rolling basis and I am goin to apply for this fall. Besides, I’m done with common app.