Blog posts on college admissions by Arjun Seth

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lafayette College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Decision - 11/15/2014
  • Early Admission (juniors only) - 01/15/2015
  • Regular Decision - 01/15/2015
  • Early Decision II - 02/01/2015

Why Lafayette? (20-200 words)

  • There’s a difference between being busy and being engaged. Lafayette comes alive each day with the energy of students who are deeply engaged in their academic, co-curricular and extracurricular explorations. In response to the prompt below, keep it simple – choose one activity and add depth to our understanding of your involvement. 

    What do you do? Why do you do it? (20-200 words). 
    The response to this question is optional.
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Knox College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Action - 11/01/2014
  • Early Action II - 12/01/2014
  • Early Admission (juniors only) - 02/01/2015
  • Regular Decision - 02/01/2015

  • Winter 2015

    First Year

  • Regular Decision - 11/01/2014

  • Spring 2015

    First Year

  • Regular Decision - 01/15/2015

Students choose to attend Knox based on many factors, including our academic reputation, distinguished faculty, intimate class sizes, and diverse campus community, as well as the success of our graduates. How did you become interested in Knox and why do you think Knox might be a good match for you? (100-300 words)

 

 

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Kalamazoo College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Decision - 11/15/2014
  • Early Action - 11/15/2014
  • Regular Decision - 01/15/2015
  • Early Decision II - 02/15/2015

In 500 words or fewer, please explain how Kalamazoo College’s approach to education will help you explore your ideas and interests both inside and outside of the classroom

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Haverford College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Decision - 11/15/2014
  • Regular Decision - 01/15/2015

Please tell us briefly (up to 100 words) why you are applying to Haverford.

Haverford Honor Code Essay (1-2 pages)

Haverford is a community in which members of a diverse student body and faculty can live together, interact, and engage academically and socially in ways that promote both personal freedom and community standards. If a diverse community is to prosper and if its educational goals are to be fully realized, community members must make genuine attempts to come to terms with their differences. Mutual understanding is fostered by respectful communication.

Haverford’s Honor Code engenders a climate of trust, concern, and respect. The Honor Code affirms, for instance, the importance of not seeking unfair academic advantage by cheating or plagiarizing. The Code also requires community members to take responsibility for their words and actions in the social realm. The Honor Code serves as an educational tool without being a list of rules, leading students to hold each other accountable and to resolve conflicts. By encouraging respectful dialogue and conduct, we hope to create an atmosphere that is open, respectful, lively, and conducive to intellectual and personal growth.
Haverford’s Honor Code has been in place for more than 100 years. Each year the Haverford student body reconsiders its commitment to these values, recognizing that the community and the Honor Code must continue to change and grow. The Honor Code is publicly re-evaluated and reaffirmed every year, yielding a dynamic living document that has a real presence in life at the College. Matriculation at Haverford will enable you to take part in this process of growth and change.

To read a complete version of the current Honor Code, or for additional information, please visithonorcouncil.haverford.edu.

We recognize that reading about an Honor Code is very different from living with it. Nevertheless, if you come to Haverford, the Code will be a part of your college life. We therefore ask you to write a reflective essay of 1-2 pages in response to one of the following prompts:

 

 

Given the dynamic nature of the Honor Code and the opportunity you will have to shape and change the Code if you come to Haverford, what issues and ideas do you think are essential for an Honor Code to focus on, and how should an Honor Code address them?

Write about an experience in which you encountered a tension between personal freedom and community standards. Discuss the experience and the underlying issues, how you dealt with the tension, and whether or not there was a satisfactory resolution.

The Honor Code at Haverford creates an environment of deep trust, respect, and collegiality between professors and students which, in turn, fosters open dialogue and free intellectual exchange. Talk about the conditions you think are essential to allowing this type of dialogue and exchange in both academic and non-academic settings.

Optional: Please elaborate briefly (up to 100 words) on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences.

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Hamilton College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Decision - 11/15/2014
  • Early Decision II - 01/01/2015
  • Regular Decision - 01/01/2015

Do you intend to submit an art supplement so that your special talent in art, music, dance and/or theater will be considered as part of the admission process to Hamilton?

While the primary criteria for admission to Hamilton are academic achievement, intellectual promise and community engagement, Hamilton also seeks to admit candidates who are a good fit with the programs and experiences offered by the College. Please take this opportunity to tell us about your interest in Hamilton and, particularly, why you believe it is a place where you can thrive. Be open. Be honest. Be brief. (250 word maximum).

 

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Green Mountain College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Action - 11/01/2014
  • Early Action II - 01/03/2015
  • Rolling Admission - 07/31/2015

  • Spring 2015

    First Year

  • Rolling Admission - 01/16/201

Leadership - Describe one or more examples of leadership experience in which you have significantly influenced others or contributed to the success of a group over time. The experience(s) you describe may be in or out of school.

Creativity/specialized knowledge or skill - Describe a special interest that you have which makes you proud. Explain how you have demonstrated creativity in that area or developed a special talent or skill.

 

Dealing with adversity - Describe a significant challenge that you have had to face, the steps you took to address the challenge, and what you learned about yourself in the process.

Community service - What experiences have you had that contribute to making your community a better place in which to live? Mention specific projects or initiatives and outcomes.

Environmental awareness - Do you feel that the environmental liberal arts focus at Green Mountain College is a good fit for your interests? Why?

 

Goal accomplishment - Describe one or more specific goals that you set for yourself and how you demonstrated diligence and a strong work ethic to accomplish the goal(s).

Graded Writing Sample - your graded writing sample should be a strong example of your writing ability. We are looking for depth of thought, careful analysis and sound mechanics. Your writing sample should have been written and graded within the last two years and include your teacher’s comments. Examples: research paper, position paper, literary or historical analysis, creative writing piece, etc.

 

 

 

 

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Goucher College application deadlines and supplementary essay prompts

Fall 2015

First Year

  • Early Decision - 11/15/2014
  • Early Action - 12/01/2014
  • Regular Decision - 02/01/2015

  • Spring 2015

    First Year

  • Regular Decision - 12/01/2014

What academic program at Goucher College interests you? American Studies, Peace Studies, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, Art, History, Dance, Theatre, Music, Studio Art, Biochemistry, Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Bus Mgmt(Non-Spec) Communications and Media Studies, Computer Science, Education(Non-Spec), Special Education, Engineering, French, Russian, Spanish, International Relations, Pre-Dental Studies, Pre-Medical Studies, Pre-Veterinary Studies, English Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Studies,  Anthropology/Sociology, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Other, No Response, Undecided.

In approximately 100 words, please describe what has motivated you to apply to Goucher college.

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