Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (3 versions)
UIUC: Explain your interest in the major you selected and describe how you have recently explored or developed this interest, inside and/or outside the classroom. You may also explain how this major relates to your future career goals. Limit your response to 300-400 words.
Version 1: 400 words
...Then, my father took me to a basketball game at Madison Square Garden, and I began my addition of yet another set of statistics as the excitement of knowing about baseball transferred onto other sports...
Rutgers U: Rutgers requires that you provide a short essay that is your original work. Please address one of these topics. (3800 characters)
- Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
- Describe a time you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
- Has there been a time when you've had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
- What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What's the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
- Submit an essay on the topic of your choice.
Version 2: 438 words
...Then, my father took me to a basketball game at Madison Square Garden, and I began my addition of yet another set of statistics as the excitement of knowing about baseball transferred onto other sports...
Version 3: 470 words
...Then, my father took me to a basketball game at Madison Square Garden, and I began my addition of yet another set of statistics as the excitement of knowing about baseball transferred onto other sports...