Just for show:
Stanford's essay questions
The Common Application’s Essays
Candidates must choose one topic and respond. Responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided (approximately one page).
1)Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
The Common Application’s Essays
Candidates must choose one topic and respond. Responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided (approximately one page).
1)Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2)Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3)Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4)Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5)A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
Topic of your choice.
Topic of your choice.
The Stanford Supplement Short Essays
Candidates must respond to all three questions/topics. Responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided in the Supplement.
1)Stanford students are widely known to possess a sense of intellectual vitality. Tell us about an idea or an experience you have had that you find intellectually engaging.
Candidates must respond to all three questions/topics. Responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided in the Supplement.
1)Stanford students are widely known to possess a sense of intellectual vitality. Tell us about an idea or an experience you have had that you find intellectually engaging.
2)Virtually all of Stanford’s undergraduates live on campus. What would you want your freshman year roommate to know about you? Tell us something about you that will help your roommate—and us—know you better.
3)Tell us what makes Stanford a good place for you
I browsed through the list of stanford, harvard and university of chicago essay questions. The University of Chicago is one of the most creative univesities when it comes to the essay questions! Every year, they ask their students to come up with essay questions for applicants and that's what makes the questions so wacky and probably more interesting than other schools'. Take a look at this!
"At present you need to live the question."—Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Joan M. Burnham.Inspired by Sarah Marikar, a third-year in the College
"At present you need to live the question."—Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from the German by Joan M. Burnham.Inspired by Sarah Marikar, a third-year in the College
How do you think you'd attempt this philosophical one? And after looking through all these questions i've come to the conclusion- that what all these schools want are just people who know themselves well. I believe that's a crucial step in making people great. Because it is only when you truly know yourself then you'd know what's best for yourself and society. The problem is, self discovery doesn't come to people that easily and not especially when you're 18 or even 20. And like what i said earlier, that really calls for much reflection and introspection.
