I see various posts where students are working on supplemental essays over the summer. My daughter just set up her Common App account and has selected several schools; however, she’s not seeing supplemental essay prompts/requirements. I think they come out August 1? Are folks going by last year’s prompts? Excuse my ignorance and thank you!
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D22 had main essay done by 8/1 which is when common app opens. She started on supplemental essays at that time.
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If you know which schools and you want to get a look you can often google and find. They can change but often don’t.
But if you have common done aug 1 you will be well positioned. But if you want to know supplementals, you can find them. You could even email the school and ask will they be the same ?
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My kids had ideas about essays of all kinds. We encouraged them to start a word document and just write a few paragraphs here and there. By the time their essays had to be done for college, they had a number of good ideas which they were able to expand upon and use.
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Some schools have confirmed their supplemental essays for this application cycle, look on their websites and/or the admission departments’ twitter/instagram feeds. I also agree with tsbna’s idea to have your kid reach out to admissions and ask.
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I just saw UChicago do this yesterday. Not as fun as some previous years IMO, but you can choose any past prompt.
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