The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don't feel obligated to do so. (The application won't accept a response shorter than 250 words.)

 

 

Please write an essay (250-650 words) on the topic selected. You can type directly into the box, or you can paste text from another source.

 

I was but eleven when I naively came face to face with hypocrisy.

 

No paved roads or high rises, only dust and dirt smirked at me. Small cookie-cutter huts, like the house of hay in the story of “Three Little Pigs,” lined both sides of the road...