UVA Supplement Essays

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Hey, I wrote both of my UVA supplements about science. The first one is about a new physics discovery, and how it makes me excited for the first years of the Age of Technology. But for my second one, I chose the "Describe the world you come from..." essay prompt. I wrote about how I lived basically 15 minutes away from UVA, and all of my family friends were scientific researchers, and how it has affected me and made me want to become a scientist as well.</p>

<p>I was wondering if writing both essays about science is a little too narrow-minded... It just seems like I wouldn't be an appealing student if that was all I wrote about. Any thoughts on this?</p>

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<p>Sounds okay to me. Focus on the people, not UVa. We get plenty of essays that tell us about our school. You don’t have to do that.</p>

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<p>Yeah =] I talk about how the location meant that my father mostly made friends with fellow researchers, and so I was surrounded by them. I didn’t talk that much about UVA, other than the fact that I lived 15 minutes away from it, and that all the people I knew worked there.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>