Yearly Archives: 2020

Here are our favorite 2021 new favorite writing prompts. If you have any you’d like me to share, email me at rjoseph@allcollegeessays.org Boston University Trustee Scholarship Essay Choice 2Howard Thurman, who was the dean of BU’s Marsh Chapel from 1953-1965, once wrote: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what […]

Favorite Fall 2021 Writing Prompts

July 24, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged 2020 common application / 2021 common application / barnard college / black lives matter / butler university / class of 2021 / class of 2025 / climate change / dartmouth college / elon university / fordham university / frida kahlo / g. marcus cole / generation z / george floyd / helen keller / johns hopkins univeristy / joseph a. matson / jr. / loyola marymount / martin luther king / notre dame law school / Penn State / penn state honors / pomona college / providence college / University of Notre Dame / villanova university / williams college / writing prompts / writing supplements by Rebecca

Dartmouth released its Class of 2025 Writing Supplement today. https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/glossary-term/writing-supplement We like all the choices. Here is it’s option C: In The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba, Class of 2014, reflects on constructing a windmill from recycled materials to power the electrical appliances in his family’s Malawian house: […]

Dartmouth Class of 2025 Writing Supplement

July 13, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips by Rebecca

New Fall 2021 Writing Prompts

July 7, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged admissions / class 2021 / class 2025 / coalition application / The Common Application / tufts university / university of miami / Writing Supplement by Rebecca

Georgia Tech released its 2021 essay requirements. It will no longer require the Common Application main essay. Students will respond to two prompts (50 to 300 words): Essay Prompt 1 Why do you want to study your chosen major specifically at Georgia Tech? Essay Prompt 2 All applicants must choose […]

Georgia Tech’s 2021 Essay Requirements

June 29, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged bees / class of 2021 / Common Application / Georgia Institute of Technology / georgia tech / high school seniors / NACAC by Rebecca

The University of Chicago released its 2020-2021 essays as did many other colleges, including Brown University, Georgetown University, Providence College, the University of Georgia, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC), University of Texas, Austin, University of Virginia (UVA), Villanova University, and Wake Forest. We are updating them all on […]

2020-2021 Essay Updates

June 17, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged 2021 writing supplements / austin / brown university / Common Application / essays / georgetown university / high school seniors / supplements / unc / university of chicago / university of georgia / university of north carolina / UT Austin by Rebecca

From the University of California AdmissionsJune 10, 2020 “We’ve made some changes to the UC undergraduate admissions application for Fall 2021. Here’s what to expect : Name – Applicants will be able to provide their preferred or lived name. A preferred name is the name an applicant wishes to be […]

Fall 2021 UC Application Updates

June 11, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged activities / class 2021 / class 2025 / seniors. / uc admissions / uc irvine / uc riverside / uc san diego / uc santa barbara / uc santa cruz / ucapply / UCLA / undergraduate admission by Rebecca

UVA Release Fall 2021 Prompts Thank you to UVA for getting ahead of the curve and releasing its 2020-2021 essays. They split Arts and Sciences and Engineering into two separate questions and replaced one of their other prompts. We are tracking all college application essays requirements. We are grateful to […]