College Prep: Writing a Strong Essay

with Leigh Ann Chow

First-Year Writing Overview 2014-15

As part of the application process, many Common Application Member Institutions ask short answer
and essay questions to learn more about each applicant. The short answer and/or essay questions can
be found in one of two places: on the Member Questions page or within the Writing Supplement. The
following is a list of institutions that have short answer and/or essay questions as part of their First-Year
application and where those questions appear.

Keep in mind that some short answer and essay questions are required. This means that all applicants
are required to provide a response to the question prior to the submission of the application. Some
short answer and essay questions are conditional. These conditional questions are required for applicants
depending on responses to earlier questions, specific majors, or areas of interest. Lastly, some short
answer and essay questions are optional. This means that an applicant may decide whether or not they
wish to provide a response to the question.

Ade1phi University Writing Supplement Only

Agnes Scott College Member Questions Only
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Member Questions Only
Albion College Member Questions Only
Alma College Member Questions Only
American Jewish University Member Questions Only
American University Writing Supplement Only
Amherst College Writing Supplement Only
Arcadia University Writing Supplement Only
Assumption College Member Questions Only
Austin College Member Questions Only
Babson College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Baldwin Wallace University Writing Supplement Only
Bard College Berlin Member Questions Only
Barnard College Writing Supplement Only
Bates College Writing Supplement Only
Belmont University Writing Supplement Only
Bennington College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Bentley University Writing Supplement Only
Bethany College Member Questions Only
Boston College Writing Supplement Only
Boston University Member Questions Only
Bowdoin College Member Questions Only

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 Brandeis University Writing Supplement Only
Brown University Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Bryant University Writing Supplement Only
Bryn Mawr College Writing Supplement Only
Bucknell University Member Questions Only
California College of the Arts Member Questions Only
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Member Questions Only
Calvin College Member Questions Only
Carleton College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Carnegie Mellon University Writing Supplement Only
Case Western Reserve University Member Questions Only
Cedar Crest College Writing Supplement Only
Centenary College (Louisiana) Writing Supplement Only
Centenary College (NJ) Member Questions Only
Centre College Member Questions Only
Chapman University Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Chatham University Writing Supplement Only
Christian Brothers University Member Questions Only
Christopher Newport University Member Questions Only
Claremont McKenna College Member Questions Only
Clark University Member Questions Only
Coe College Member Questions Only
Colby-Sawyer College Member Questions Only
Colgate University Writing Supplement Only
College of the Atlantic Member Questions Only
College of Wooster Member Questions Only
Colorado College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Colorado State University Member Questions Only
Columbia University Writing Supplement Only
Connecticut College Member Questions Only
Cornell College Writing Supplement Only
Cornell University Writing Supplement Only
Creighton University Member Questions Only
Dartmouth College Writing Supplement Only
Davidson College Writing Supplement Only
Delaware Valley College Member Questions Only
Denison University Member Questions Only
DePaul University Writing Supplement Only
Dickinson College Writing Supplement Only
Dominican University of California Writing Supplement Only
Drew University Member Questions Only

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 Drexel University Writing Supplement Only
Duke University Writing Supplement Only
Earlham College Member Questions Only
Elizabethtown College Writing Supplement Only
Elms College Writing Supplement Only
Emerson College Writing Supplement Only
Emory University Member Questions Only
Eugene Lang College - The New School Writing Supplement Only
Fairfield University Member Questions Only
Fisk University Writing Supplement Only
Flagler College Writing Supplement Only
Fontbonne University Writing Supplement Only
Franklin and Marshall College Member Questions Only
Franklin University Switzerland Writing Supplement Only
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Member Questions Only
Furman University Member Questions Only
George Fox University Member Questions Only
Georgia Institute of Technology Member Questions Only
Georgia State University Member Questions Only
Gonzaga University Member Questions Only
Goucher College Member Questions Only
Green Mountain College Writing Supplement Only
Hamilton College Member Questions Only
Hamline University (MN) Member Questions Only
Hampshire College Writing Supplement Only
Harvard College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Harvey Mudd College Member Questions Only
Haverford College Writing Supplement Only
Hawai'i Pacific University Member Questions Only
Hendrix College Member Questions Only
Heythrop College, University of London Member Questions Only
High Point University Member Questions Only
Hillsdale College Member Questions Only
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Member Questions Only
Hofstra University Writing Supplement Only
Hult International Business School Writing Supplement Only
Illinois Institute of Technology Member Questions Only
Illinois Wesleyan University Member Questions Only
Immaculata University Writing Supplement Only
Institute of International Education (11E) Writing Supplement Only
Ithaca College Member Questions Only

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 Jacobs University Bremen Writing Supplement Only
John Cabot University in Rome Member Questions Only
Johns Hopkins University Writing Supplement Only
Kalamazoo College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Keele University Member Questions Only
King's College London Member Questions Only
Knox College Member Questions Only
La Roche College Writing Supplement Only
Lafayette College Writing Supplement Only
Lake Erie College Writing Supplement Only
Lake Forest College Member Questions Only
Lase!! College Writing Supplement Only
Lawrence University Member Questions Only
Lehigh University Writing Supplement Only
Lewis & Clark College Member Questions Only
Linfield College Member Questions Only
List College The Jewish Theological Seminary Writing Supplement Only
Loyola Marymount University Member Questions Only
Loyola University Maryland Member Questions Only
Lyndon State College Writing Supplement Only
Macalester College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Marist College Writing Supplement Only
Marlboro College Member Questions Only
Marquette University Writing Supplement Only
Maryville University of St. Louis Writing Supplement Only
Massachusetts College Of Pharmacy & Health Writing Supplement Only
Sciences
McDaniel College Writing Supplement Only
Meredith College Member Questions Only
Miami University (Ohio) Member Questions Only
Mills College Member Questions Only
MODUL University Vienna Writing Supplement Only
Monmouth University Writing Supplement Only
Moravian College Member Questions Only
Mount Holyoke College Writing Supplement Only
Naropa University Member Questions Only
Nazareth College Member Questions Only
New Jersey Institute of Technology Member Questions Only
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Writing Supplement Only
New York University Writing Supplement Only
Newberry College Writing Supplement Only

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 Northland College Member Questions Only
Northwestern University Writing Supplement Only
Northwestern University in Qatar Writing Supplement Only
Oberlin College Writing Supplement Only
Occidental College Member Questions Only
Oglethorpe University Writing Supplement Only
Otterbein University Member Questions Only
Pace University Member Questions Only
Pacific University Oregon Member Questions Only
Pepperdine University Member Questions Only
Philadelphia University Member Questions Only
Pitzer College Writing Supplement Only
Pomona College Member Questions Only
Presbyterian College Writing Supplement Only
Prescott College Writing Supplement Only
Princeton University Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Providence College Member Questions Only
Purdue University Member Questions Only
Quinnipiac University Member Questions Only
Reed College Writing Supplement Only
Regis College Writing Supplement Only
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Writing Supplement Only
Rhode Island School of Design Writing Supplement Only
Rice University Writing Supplement Only
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Writing Supplement Only
Richmond The American International University in Writing Supplement Only
London
Riga Business School Member Questions Only
Roanoke College Member Questions Only
Roberts Wesleyan College Member Questions Only
Rowan University Member Questions Only
Saint Anselm College Member Questions Only
Saint Mary's College of California Member Questions Only
Saint Michael's College Member Questions Only
Saint Peter's University Writing Supplement Only
Salem College Member Questions Only
Salve Regina University Member Questions Only
Santa Clara University Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Sarah Lawrence College Member Questions Only
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Member Questions Only
Scripps College Member Questions Only

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 Seattle Pacific University Member Questions Only
Seattle University Member Questions Only
Seton Hall University Member Questions Only
Siena College Writing Supplement Only
Sierra Nevada College Writing Supplement Only
Simmons College Writing Supplement Only
Smith College Writing Supplement Only
Soka University of America Writing Supplement Only
Southern Methodist University Writing Supplement Only
Spelman College Writing Supplement Only
Springfield College Writing Supplement Only
St. Bonaventure University Writing Supplement Only
St. Edward's University Member Questions Only
St. John's College (MD) Writing Supplement Only
St. John's College (NM) Writing Supplement Only
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Member Questions Only
St. Mary's College of Maryland Member Questions Only
St. Olaf College Writing Supplement Only
Stanford University Member Questions Only
Sterling College Writing Supplement Only
Stetson University Writing Supplement Only
Stevens Institute of Technology Writing Supplement Only
Stevenson University Member Questions Only
Stonehill College Member Questions Only
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry Member Questions Only
SUNY New Paltz Writing Supplement Only
SUNY Purchase College Writing Supplement Only
SUNY Stony Brook University Writing Supplement Only
Swarthmore College Member Questions Only
Syracuse University Member Questions Only
Texas Christian University Member Questions Only
The American University of Paris Member Questions Only
The College of New Rochelle Writing Supplement Only
The College of William & Mary Member Questions Only
The George Washington University Writing Supplement Only
The Ohio State University Member Questions Only
The University of Oklahoma Writing Supplement Only
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Transylvania University Writing Supplement Only
Trinity Christian College Member Questions Only
Tufts University Writing Supplement Only

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 Union College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
University of Aberdeen Member Questions Only
University of Birmingham England Member Questions Only
University of Bristol Member Questions Only
University of Chicago Writing Supplement Only
University of Cincinnati Member Questions Only
University of Colorado Boulder Writing Supplement Only
University of Connecticut Writing Supplement Only
University of Dallas Member Questions Only
University of Delaware Member Questions and Writing Supplement
University of Evansville Writing Supplement Only
University of Illinois at Chicago Member Questions Only
University of Kentucky Member Questions Only
University of Mary Washington Member Questions Only
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Member Questions and Writing Supplement
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Writing Supplement Only
University of Michigan Member Questions Only
University of North Carolina Asheville Member Questions Only
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Member Questions Only
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Member Questions Only
University of Notre Dame Writing Supplement Only
University of Pennsylvania Writing Supplement Only
University of Portland Member Questions Only
University of Puget Sound Writing Supplement Only
University of Redlands Member Questions Only
University of Rhode Island Writing Supplement Only
University of Richmond Writing Supplement Only
University of Rochester Member Questions and Writing Supplement
University of Saint Joseph Writing Supplement Only
University of San Diego Member Questions Only
University of Southern California Member Questions and Writing Supplement
University of St Andrews Writing Supplement Only
University of Stirling Member Questions Only
University of Strathclyde Member Questions Only
University of Virginia Writing Supplement Only
Ursinus College Writing Supplement Only
Vanderbilt University Member Questions Only
Vassar College Writing Supplement Only
Vesalius College Member Questions Only
Villanova University Writing Supplement Only
Virginia Commonwealth University Member Questions Only

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 Wabash College Writing Supplement Only
Wagner College Member Questions Only
Wake Forest University Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Warren Wilson College Writing Supplement Only
Washington and Lee University Writing Supplement Only
Wellesley College Writing Supplement Only
Wesleyan University Writing Supplement Only
Westmont College Member Questions Only
Wheaton College Member Questions Only
Wheeling Jesuit University Writing Supplement Only
Whitman College Writing Supplement Only
Whittier College Writing Supplement Only
Williams College Member Questions and Writing Supplement
Wilson College Writing Supplement Only
Wofford College Member Questions Only
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Member Questions Only
Yale University Member Questions Only
Yale-NUS College Writing Supplement Only

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