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
Agnes Scott College
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albion College
Alma College
American Jewish University
American University
Amherst College
Arcadia University
Assumption College
Austin College
Babson College
Baldwin Wallace University
Bard College Berlin
Barnard College
Bates College
Belmont University
Bennington College
Bentley University
Bethany College
Boston College
Boston University
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Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryant University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California College of the Arts
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Calvin College
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Cedar Crest College
Centenary College (Louisiana)
Centenary College (NJ)
Centre College
Chapman University
Chatham University
Christian Brothers University
Christopher Newport University
Claremont McKenna College
Clark University
Coe College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
College of the Atlantic
College of Wooster
Colorado College
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell College
Cornell University
Creighton University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Delaware Valley College
Denison University
DePaul University
Dickinson College
Dominican University of California
Drew University

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

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Jacobs University Bremen

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

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

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Seattle Pacific University

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

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

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

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