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Simon Fraser

AlisonH1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:18:43 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2009-10

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

List of majors offered: Choose a program

List of sports teams offered: (link)

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Admission from USA
US Secondary School applicants will be considered on a combination of factors including senior academic courses, test scores, and advanced academic course work (International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, honours, etc.). Successful applicants normally require a GPA of 2.80 or above (3.00 for programs in the Faculty of Business Administration) and an SAT I score of 1550 or higher (ACT 22). Pasted from <http://students.sfu.ca/admission/requirements/index.html>

Directions for Applicants

Choose a program (see more ...)

See theprogram A-Z listfor a list of our undergraduate programs. Choose your program andmake a note of its Faculty. When you reach the section of the application where we ask you for your "Intended Program of Study," we will ask you for the Faculty, Subject Area, and Program/Plan. Typically, you will enter your program's Faculty in the "Faculty" field, your program in the "Subject Area" field, and the type of degree (BA, BBA, BSc, BASc) in the Program/Plan field.

Apply atmyBCcampus. In BC, the Postsecondary Application Service of BC (myBC campus) accepts applications for all 25 public post-secondary schools in BC, including SFU. Begin your application by entering basic academic and biographical data. After entering your basic data, you will move on to the SFU part of the application.

If at any time your connection is lost when you are halfway through, contact us for help atgosfu@sfu.ca.

Once your application is complete, you will receive your permanent SFU student number. If you experience difficulty filling out the application, please view our "Applying to SFU"video tutorialor contact us atgosfu@sfu.ca.

Report your grades on theStudent Information System. Canadian Grade 12 students (except for Ontario high school applicants who should provide SFU with their OUAC number) may self-report their grades online up until April 30, 2010. If you do so, we may be able to make you an early offer of admission.

However, most applicants don't receive an offer of admission immediately. We may need additional information and/or official documents. If your application was incomplete, you will receive an email from SFU containing your temporary user ID and password in two to three weeks' time.

These include any academic documents required for admission, transfer credit, or advanced standing (original transcripts, official test scores, proof of citizenship or permanent resident status, or any other items requested by us).

Send these documents to: Admissions, Student Services Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada or fax to: 778.782.4969

Check online atsis.sfu.ca. Please regularly review your to-do list atsis.sfu.cafor any required documents we need to evaluate your application. Your application cannot be considered until we receive your fees and all official documents. Once your to-do list is cleared, your application will be evaluated. Once approved, your offer of admission will be send both by email and by mail.

Pasted from <http://students.sfu.ca/admission/apply/index.html>
Rankings and Lists

(ex: US News rankings, Princeton Review Lists, colleges that change lives, etc)

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

Tufts University

robhumbracht — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:27:47 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Which aspects of Tufts' curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: ''Why Tufts?'' (50-100 words; up to 500 characters)

There is a Quaker saying: ''Let your life speak.'' Describe the environment in which you were raised--your family, home, neighborhood or community--and how it influenced the person you are today. (200-250 words; up to 2000 characters)

For some, it's politics or sports or reading. For others, it may be researching solar power fuel cells or arranging hip-hop mash-ups. What makes you tick? (200-250 words; 2000 characters)

3. Supplement - Optional Topics

Think outside the box if you answer one of the following questions. Take a risk and go somewhere unexpected. Be serious if the moment calls for it but feel comfortable being playful if that suits you, too. We invite you to choose one of these topics and prepare an essay of 250 to 400 words. (And it really is optional!)

1. In Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia, one of the characters says, "It's the wanting to know that makes us matter." What would you like to know?

2. The human narrative is replete with memorable characters like America's Paul Revere, ancient Greece's Perseus, or the Fox Spirits of East Asia. Imagine one of humanity's storied figures is alive and working in the world today. Why does Joan of Arc have a desk job? Would Shiva be a general or a diplomat? Is Chewbacca trapped in a zoo? In short, connect your chosen figure to the contemporary world and imagine the life he/she/it might lead.

3. Finish one of the following thoughts...
a. The last time I...
b. The first time I...
c. Never again will I...

4. It's been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can cause a typhoon halfway around the world. History is filled with such linchpins - small events or decisions that have huge effects on the future. Make your own change somewhere in history and show us the effects on the world.

5. Thomas Edison liked to tinker and "a good imagination and a pile of junk" were his self-proclaimed inspirations. What inspires your original thinking? How might you apply your ingenuity to tackle a vexing problem that confronts us?

6. a. Use an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper to create something. Blueprint your future home, create a new product, draw a comic strip, design a costume or a theatrical set, compose a score, or do something entirely different. Let your imagination wander.
-OR-
b. Prepare a one-minute video that says something about you. Upload it to an easily accessible Web site (if you use YouTube, we recommend using a privacy setting) and give us the URL and access code. What you do or say is totally up to you. (Unfortunately, we are unable to watch videos that come in any form other than a URL link.)

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

Think outside the box when you answer the following questions. Take a risk and go somewhere unexpected. Be serious if the moment calls for it but feel comfortable being playful if that suits you, too.

I. REQUIRED SHORT ANSWER (50 words)

Which aspects of Tufts’ curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: “Why Tufts?”

II. REQUIRED SHORT ESSAYS (200 words)

1. There is a Quaker saying: “Let your life speak.” Describe the environment in which you were raised—your family, home, neighborhood or community—and how it influenced the person you are today.

2. Self-identity and personal expression take many forms. For example, music, clothing, politics, extracurricular interests and ethnicity can each be a defining attribute. Do you surf or tinker? Are you a vegetarian poet who loves Ayn Rand? Do you prefer YouTube or test tubes? Are you preppie or Goth? Use the richness of your life to give us insight: what voice will you add to the class of 2014?

III. OPTIONAL ESSAY

Tufts develops leaders who will address the intellectual and social challenges of the new century. Since critical thinking, creativity, practicality and wisdom are four elements of successful leadership, the following topics offer you an opportunity to illustrate these various characteristics. We invite you to choose one and prepare an essay of 250-400 words. (And it really is optional!)

1. It’s 1781 and the American colonies were just defeated by the British at Yorktown. Imagine history without the United States as we know it.

2. Are we alone?

3. French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss observed “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers he's one who asks the right questions.” Using your knowledge of scientific and/or mathematical principles, identify a question whose answer you seek and tell us how you might go about investigating it.

4. Kermit the Frog famously lamented “It’s not easy being green.” Do you agree?

5. OMG, LOL…Texting, cell phones, blogs and tweets are redefining the way we communicate. Facebook is the new playground while print newspapers are dying. As thumbs replace tongues, does this shift in human expression enhance or limit social interaction and dialogue? Why?

6. a.) Use an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper to create something. You can blueprint your future home, create a new product, draw a cartoon strip, design a costume or a theatrical set, compose a score or do something entirely different. Let your imagination wander.

-OR-

b.) Share a one-minute video that says something about you, upload it to YouTube or another easily accessible website, and give us the URL. What you do or say is totally up to you. (Unfortunately, we are unable to watch videos that come in any form other than a URL link.)

7. Write a short story using one of the following titles:

a.) House of Cards
b.) The Poor Sport
c.) Drama at the Prom
d.) Election Night, 2044
e.) The Getaway

8. People face challenges every day. Some make decisions that force them beyond their comfort levels. Maybe you have a political, social or cultural viewpoint that is not shared by the rest of your school, family or community. Did you find the courage to create a better opportunity for yourself or others? Were you able to find the voice to stand up for something you passionately supported? How did you persevere when the odds were against you?

http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=203

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

I. REQUIRED SHORT ANSWER (50 words)

Which aspects of Tufts’ curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: “Why Tufts?”

II. REQUIRED SHORT ESSAYS (200 words)

1. There is a Quaker saying: “Let your life speak.” Describe the environment in which you were raised—your family, home, neighborhood or community—and how it influenced the person you are today.

2. Self-identity and personal expression take many forms. Use the richness of your life to give us insight: Who are you?

III. OPTIONAL ESSAY Tufts develops leaders who will address the intellectual and social challenges of the new century. Since critical thinking, creativity, practicality and wisdom are four elements of successful leadership, the following topics offer you an opportunity to illustrate these various characteristics. We invite you to choose one and prepare an essay of 250-400 words. (And it really is optional!)

1.Since the silent movies of the 1920s first flickered on the screen, the medium of film has inspired, provoked, entertained and educated. Select a film whose message or imagery resonated with you long after the credits rolled. How did it capture your imagination or affect your consciousness?

2.Engineers and scientists like astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble discover new solutions to contemporary issues. “Equipped with his five senses,” Hubble said, “man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” Using your knowledge of scientific principles, identify “an adventure” in science you would like to pursue and tell us how you investigate it.

3.The 44th President of the United States will be inaugurated on January 20, 2009. If the 2008 presidential primaries were an indicator, young voters will have had a substantial voice in the selection of the next American president. Offer an open letter to the new president: what issue would you like to see addressed in the first 100 days of the new Administration. Why does this matter to you?

4.The human narrative is replete with memorable characters like America’s Johnny Appleseed, ancient Greece’s Perseus or the Fox Spirits of East Asia. Imagine one of humanity’s storied figures is alive and working in the world today. Why does Joan of Arc have a desk job? Would Shiva be a general or a diplomat? Is Quetzalcoatl trapped in a zoo? In short, connect your chosen figure to the contemporary world and imagine the life he/she/it might lead.

5.People face challenges every day. Some make decisions that force them beyond their comfort levels. Maybe you have a political, social or cultural viewpoint that is not shared by the rest of your school, family or community. Did you find the courage to create a better opportunity for yourself or others? Were you able to find the voice to stand up for something you passionately supported? How did you persevere when the odds were against you?

6.Use an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper to create something. You can blueprint your future home, create a new product, draw a cartoon strip, design a costume or a theatrical set, compose a score or do something entirely different. Let your imagination wander.

7.Use one of the following topics to create a short story:

a.The Spam Filter

b.Seventeen Minutes Ago…

c.Two By Two

d.Facebook

e.Now There’s the Rub…

f.No Whip Half-Caf Latte

g.The Eleventh Commandment

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Interviews: (link)

Strongly recommended, but not required

Interviews are conducted by local alumni

You must opt in on the Common Application to be scheduled for an interview

Interviews are informational and evaluative

List of majors offered: (link)

List of sports teams offered: (link)

If you like this school, you might also like: (list schools then insert poll widget)

Rankings and Lists

(ex: US News rankings, Princeton Review Lists, colleges that change lives, etc)

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

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rrkona06 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:55:15 CDT

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	Essay Prompts Posted?
American University	2010: 08/16/10
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Arizona State University	No Essays
Auburn University	2010: 09/11/10
Azusa Pacific University	2010 09/11/10:
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Brandeis University	2010: 09/14/10
Brigham Young University	2010: 09/14/10
Brown University	2010: 09/14/10
Bryn Mawr College	2010
Bucknell University	2010
California Institute of Technology	2010
Cal Lutheran University	2010
Cal Poly Pomona	No essays
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	No essays
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Cal State University Chico	No essays
Cal State University East Bay	No essays
Cal State University Fullerton	No essays
Cal State University Long Beach	No essays
Cal State University Los Angeles	No essays
Cal State University Monterey Bay	No essays
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Carleton College	2010
Carnegie Mellon University	2010
Case Western Reserve University	2010
Catholic University	2010
Centre College	2010
Chapman University	2010
Claremont McKenna College	2010
Clemson University	2010
Colby College	2010
Colgate University	2010
College of Charleston	2010: 10/02/10
College of New Jersey	2010
College of William and Mary	2010
Colorado College	2010
Colorado State University - Ft. Collins	2010
Columbia College - Chicago	2010
Columbia University	2010
Connecticut College	2010
Cornell University	2010
Dartmouth College	2010
Davidson College	2010
Denison University	2010
DePaul University	2010
Dominican University	2010
Drew University	2010
Drexel University	2010
Duke University	2010
Eckerd College	2010
Elon University	2010
Emerson College	2010
Emory University	2010
Endicott College	2010
Florida Institute of Technology	2010
Florida State University	2010
Fordham University	2010
George Washington University	2010: 09/11/10
Georgetown University	2010
Georgia Institute of Technology	2010
Gettysburg College	2010: 09/11/10
Gonzaga University	2010: 09/11/10
Grinnell College	2010: 09/11/10
Guilford College	2010
Hamilton College	2010: 09/11/10
Hampshire College	2010: 09/11/10
Harvard University	2010
Harvey Mudd College	2010: 09/11/10
Haverford College	2010: 09/11/10

	Essay Prompts Posted?
Hendrix College	2010: 09/11/10
Hofstra University	2010
Holy Cross College	2010
Humbolt State University	No essays
Indiana University - Bloomington	No essays
Indiana University - Purdue	No essays
Ithaca College	2010
Johns Hopkins University	2010: 09/11/10
Lehigh University	2010: 09/11/10
Lewis and Clark College	2010: 09/11/10
Linfield College	2010: 09/11/10
Loyola College - Maryland	2010
Loyola Marymount University	2010
Macalester College	2010: 09/11/10
Marist College	No essays
Marquette University	2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2010
McGill University	No essays required
Miami University - Oxford	2010
Middlebury College	2010
Mills College	No essays
Montana Tech	No Essays
Muhlenberg College	2010
Murray State University	No essays
New York University	2010
North Carolina State University	2010
Northeastern University	2010
Northern Arizona University	No essays
Northwestern University	2010
Oberlin College	2010
Occidental College	2010
Oglethorpe University	2010
Ohio Northern University	2010
Ohio State University - Columbus	2010
Oxford University	2010
Pace University	2010
Penn State University - University Park	2010
Pepperdine University	2010
Pitzer College	2010
Point Loma Nazarene University	2010
Pomona College	2010
Princeton University	2010
Providence College	2010
Purdue University	2010
Quinnipiac University	2010
Reed College	2010
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	No essays
Rhodes College	2010
Rice University	2010
Rochester Institute of Technology	2010
Rollins College	No essays
Rutgers University	2010: 9/14/10
Saint Joseph's University	No essays
Salve Regina University	2010: 9/14/10
San Diego State University	No essays
San Francisco State University	No essays
Santa Clara University	2010: 9/14/10
Sarah Lawrence College	2010: 9/14/10
Scripps College	2010: 9/14/10
Seattle University	2010: 9/14/10
Simmons College	2010: 9/14/10
Skidmore College	2010: 9/14/10
Smith College	2010: 9/14/10
Sonoma State University	No essays
Stanford University	2010: 9/14/10
Southern Methodist University	2010: 9/14/10
Stony Brook University	2010: 9/14/10
St. Andrews College	2010: 9/14/10
St. John's College - New Mexico	2010: 9/14/10
St. John's University	2010: 9/14/10
St. Louis University	2010
St. Olaf College	2010: 9/14/10
Suffolk University	2010: 9/14/10
Swarthmore College	2010: 9/14/10
Syracuse University	2010: 9/14/10
Texas Christian University	2010: 9/14/10
Towson University	2010: 9/14/10
Trinity College	2010: 9/14/10
Trinity University	2010: 9/14/10
Tufts University	2010: 9/14/10
Tulane University	2010: 9/14/10
United States Merchant Marine Academy	2010: 9/14/10

	Essay Prompts Posted?
United States Military Academy	No essays
United States Naval Academy	No essays
University of Arizona	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Berkeley	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Davis	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Irvine	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Los Angeles	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Merced	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Riverside	2010: 9/14/10
University of California San Diego	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Santa Barbara	2010: 9/14/10
University of California Santa Cruz	2010: 9/14/10
University of Chicago	2010
University of Cincinnati	2010
University of Colorado - Boulder	2010
University of Connecticut	2010
University of Dayton	2010
University of Denver	2010
University of Florida	2010
University of Georgia	2010
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign	No essays
University of Maryland	2010
University of Massachusetts	No essays
University of Miami	2010
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	2010
University of Missouri	No essays
University of New Hampshire	No essays
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	2010: 09/10/10
University of Notre Dame	2010: 09/10/10
University of Oregon	2010: 09/10/10
University of Pennsylvania	2010: 09/10/10
University of Pittsburgh	2010: 09/10/10
University of Puget Sound	2010: 09/10/10
University of Redlands	2010: 09/10/10
University of Rochester	2010: 09/10/10
University of San Diego	2010: 09/10/10
University of San Francisco	2010: 09/10/10
University of Southern California	2010: 09/10/10
University of St. Andrews	2010: 09/10/10
University of Tennessee	2010: 09/10/10
University of Texas - Austin	2010: 09/10/10
University of Texas - San Antonio	2010: 09/10/10
University of the Pacific	No essays
University of Vermont	No essays
University of Virginia	2010: 09/10/10
University of Washington	2010: 09/10/10
University of Wisconsin -Madison	2010: 09/10/10
Vanderbilt University	2010: 09/10/10
Vassar College	2010: 09/10/10
Villanova University	2010: 09/10/10
Virginia Tech	2010: 09/10/10
Wake Forest University	2010: 09/10/10
Warren Wilson College	2010: 09/10/10
Washington and Lee University	No essays
Washington University - St. Louis	2010: 09/10/10
Wellesley College	2010: 10/01/10
Wesleyan University	2010: 10/01/10
Wheaton College (IL)	2010: 10/01/10
Wheaton College (MA)	2010: 10/01/10
Whitman College	2010: 10/01/10
Whittier College	2010: 10/01/10
Willamette University	2010: 10/01/10
Williams College	2010: 10/01/10
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	2010: 10/01/10
Xavier University	2010: 10/01/10
Yale University	2010: 10/01/10
Yeshiva University	2010: 10/01/10

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2008: '08 essays posted. '09 essays not

yet available

2009 : '09 essays only or '08 & '09

essays posted

MM/DD/YY: Date essays were officially

posted

No essays: No essays required for 2008

and 2009

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Georgia Institute of Technology

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:07:57 CDT

Notification Plan	Deadline*	Notification
Early Notification	October 1	November 20
President’s Scholar Program	November 1	December 15
Regular Decision	January 15	March 15

Admission Deadlines: link
We strongly encourage you to apply by November 1. While this is not early admission/early decision, completed applications postmarked by the date will compete for the President's Scholarship as well as freshman admission.
Type of Early Action? unrestricted
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

2. Essay

Georgia Tech is committed to building a community of students and faculty and staff who demonstrate passion, diligence, creativity and innovation. Our Admissions Committee asks that you write an essay not just to assess your writing ability, but in hopes we'll learn more about you as an individual. With that in mind, respond to ONE of the following prompts. Please stay on topic. Essay Writing Hint

Select and respond to ONE of the following topics:
1. Please expand upon an aspect (s) of your academic or extra-curricular background that you feel is especially important to you and that will help us to get to know you as a person.

2. Georgia Tech is proud to draw students from around the United States and countries throughout the world. This unique compilation of academic interests, personal backgrounds, and various life experiences creates an exciting and inspiring educational mix. Given your personal background, what would you hope to learn and contribute through becoming part of this sort of campus community?

Essay Questions 2009-10
Georgia Tech is committed to building a community of students and faculty and staff who demonstrate passion, diligence, creativity and innovation.
Our Admissions Committee asks that you write an essay not just to assess your writing ability, but in hopes we'll learn more about you as an individual. With that in mind, respond to ONE of the following prompts. Please stay on topic. Essay Writing Hint
Select and respond to ONE of the following topics:
1. Please expand upon an aspect (s) of your academic or extra-curricular background that you feel is especially important to you and that will help us to get to know you as a person. 2. Georgia Tech is proud to draw students from around the United States and countries throughout the world. This unique compilation of academic interests, personal backgrounds, and various life experiences creates an exciting and inspiring educational mix. Given your personal background, what would you hope to learn and contribute through becoming part of this sort of campus community?

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Essay Questions 2008-09

1. University Application Essay

Select and respond to one of the following topics:

1. Discuss a cultural, social, political, or intellectual topic that you have explored beyond school and explain how it has shaped who you are today.

2. If you were to delay going to college by one year, what would you do with that time? And, what would you hope to gain from that experience?

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests: SAT or the ACT (one section writing is required for all students entering Tech). Applicants for freshman admission to Georgia Tech who wish to enroll in the fall of 2010 will be required to submit the writing assessment portion of the SAT or ACT. Georgia Tech's school code number for the SAT is 5248, and the code for the ACT is 0818.

Score-choice policy: Tech will use the highest critical reading/English and highest math score even if they are from different tests or testing dates.
Score-choice policy explanation: (link)

December scores will not be considered for the President's Scholarship competition. January test results may not meet the admission application deadline. Official test scores must be sent electronically directly to Georgia Tech from the testing agency. We will not accept scores submitted on transcripts or from personal score reports.

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Miami

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:59:11 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

No supplement required.

Note: There may be additional requirements for applicants to Dual Degree, Honors, Fine Arts, or Architecture programs. Please see the school's website or the Common Application supplement page for University of Miami for more information.

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. University Application

2. Essays

Please write an essay according to the instructions below. Your essay or personal statement is an important and integral part of the application process. Your academic credentials and list of achievements give us information about part of your life, but your essay will provide us with information about you that is not requested elsewhere in the University of Miami Application for Admission. On a separate sheet, please write an essay (300-400 words) about one of the topics listed below:
A. Evaluate a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you.
B. Discuss some issue of personal, local or national concern and its importance to you.
C. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
D. Explain the role that academic integrity has played in your life.

http://www.miami.edu/index.php/admission/undergraduate/applying/

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

Please write an essay according to the instructions below. Your essay or personal statement is an important and integral part of the application process. Your academic credentials and list of achievements give us information about part of your life, but your essay will provide us with information about you that is not requested elsewhere in the University of Miami Application for Admission. On a separate sheet, please write an essay (300-400 words) about one of the topics listed below:

A. Evaluate a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you.

B. Discuss some issue of personal, local or national concern and its importance to you.

C. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

D. Explain the role that academic integrity has played in your life.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:57:02 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

a. Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (Approximately 250 words)

b. Describe the unique qualities that attract you to the specific undergraduate College or School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? (500 words maximum)

Note: There may be additional requirements for applicants to The School of Art and Design, Interarts Performance, and The School of Music, Theater and Dance. Please see the school's website or the Common Application supplement page for University of Michigan for more information.

Essay Questions 2009-10

Short Answer - 250 words
“We know that diversity makes us a better university – better for learning, for teaching, and for conducting research.”
(U-M President Mary Sue Coleman)
Share an experience through which you have gained respect for intellectual, social, or cultural differences. Comment
on how your personal experiences and achievements would contribute to the diversity of the University of Michigan.

School-specific prompt - pick one, 250 words
[A] School of Art & Design If you were going to re-configure the human
species, discuss some of the current attributes you would retain, and
some that you would not retain.
[B] College of Engineering Please describe your interests and aspirations
in engineering. What experiences have influenced you?
[C] Interarts Performance What experiences and aspirations have influenced
your decision to apply to the University of Michigan's Interarts
Performance program? Discuss the attributes of this interdisciplinary
program which make it the best choice for you.
[D] School of KinesiologyWhy is kinesiology the right choice for you?
What do you plan to study and how does that tie in with your career
aspirations?
[E] College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) What led you to
choose the area(s) of academic interest that you have listed in your
application to the University of Michigan? If you are undecided, what
areas are you most interested in, and why?
[F] School of Music, Theatre & Dance As you prepare to pursue a career
in music, theatre or dance, what are your thoughts on the relationship
between the arts and today’s society? How relevant has your art been
to your community and to you?
[G] School of Nursing Describe why you want to be a nurse. Include your
specific experiences and abilities related to health care that will make
you a good candidate for the nursing profession. Also describe your
understanding of nursing's

Long Essay - 500 words
ALL APPLICANTS must answer one of the following questions, either [A], [B], or [C].
Type or print your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Make sure your name, U-M ID number (if known), birth date, and the question text are on
each sheet of paper you include. (approximately 500 words)

[A] Describe a setback that you have faced.How
did you resolve it? How did the outcome affect
you? If something similar happened in the
future, how would you react?

[B] Discuss an issue of local concern. Why is this
issue important to you? How do you think it
should be addressed?

[C] Tell us about a book you have read that you
found especially challenging, stimulating, or
provocative. Explain why it made an impact on
you.

Additional essays if you're applying to Schools of Architecture, Business, or Education.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Massachusetts

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:49:01 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

No supplement is required.

Essay Questions 2009-10

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Maryland

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:39:58 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

2. Essays
The college admissions process is an effort to uncover the aspects of your personality and experience that fit well with the University of Maryland community. When considering your approach to the following essay questions, think deeply about your answers, making them creative and succinct. We hope that you will use this opportunity as a time for self-reflection and intellectual meditation.
Please choose two of the following essay questions to answer. Each essay should be no more than 300 words. Include the question you choose at the start of each essay. The question will not be included in the essay word count.

1) All first-year students at the University of Maryland read one book together as part of our First Year Book program. This year’s book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn chronicles the courageous stories of women who, through education and microfinance strategies, were able to break free from oppressive situations. The authors show us how "social entrepreneurs," both in the United States and around the world, create constructive social change through their innovative approaches to empower the women of the world.
a. Do you think there are groups of people whose potential contributions have not yet been fully realized or appreciated? What is something you have done, or would like to do in the future, to support one of these causes or groups?
b. Select your own book for the First Year Book program and tell us why you would want to share it with your classmates in the incoming class. Why does this book have personal meaning to you?

2) "Seek the fashion which truly fits and befits you. You will always be in fashion if you are true to yourself, and only if you are true to yourself. You might, of course, rightly wear that style which is emblazoned on the fashion magazines of the day, or you might not." - Maya Angelou.
There are no boundaries to personal style, whether it is expressed through the clothes you wear, the music you listen to, or the books you read. What does your style say about you?

3) "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." - Aristotle
The intellectual, social and cultural differences embraced by the University of Maryland are integral to the fabric of our community. The strength of the University is realized through the contributions of every member of our campus. We understand each individual is a result of his/her personal background and experiences. Describe the parts that add up to the sum of you.

4) According to Henry David Thoreau, "One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something." What is your something?

5) Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. (Your question will not be included in the essay word count.)

In addition to answering two of the questions above, please include any additional information you would like to provide if extenuating circumstances have affected your performance or extracurricular activities. This information is only necessary if these circumstances have not been discussed in any other part of your application. Maximum 100 words.

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. University Application

2. Essays

Please choose two of the following essay questions to answer. Each essay should be no more than 300 words. Include the questions you choose at the start of each essay.

1. All first-year students at the University of Maryland read one book together as part of our First Year Book program. This year’s book, What Is the What by Dave Eggers, is the fictional account of a Sudanese refugee’s search for home and self. Choose from one of the following two options to write your essay:
a) If you were to write a novel about a fictional character based on real events, past or present, who would you write about and why? How do you relate to this character?

Or

b) Select your own book for the First Year Book program and tell us why you would want to share it with your classmates in the incoming class. Why does this book have personal meaning to you?

2. The University of Maryland prides itself on being an inclusive community that celebrates differences, brings together people from the widest array of backgrounds and perspectives, and recognizes that excellence cannot be achieved without diversity. What do you look forward to gaining from the diversity of the University of Maryland community?

3. One definition of sacrifice is “to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.” Describe a time when you put the significant needs of someone else ahead of your own.

4. The former king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, has expressed a philosophy of “Gross National Happiness” as a measurement of the success of the country. What is your personal philosophy? Tell us why you believe it could be used to evaluate a country’s success.

5. Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. (Your question will not be included in the essay word count.)

http://www.admissions.umd.edu/admissions/apply/forms.asp

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. University Application Essay

Essay:The essay offers the opportunity to help the admissions committee become better acquainted with your thoughts, feelings and values. It allows you to demonstrate your ability to express yourself thoughtfully and intellectually. Please choose one of the following topics and write an essay between 350–500 words in length.

At the University of Maryland, we value a diverse community. How have your life experiences and background shaped you into an individual who will enrich the University of Maryland community?
If you could invent one useful thing for humankind, what would it be? Describe the invention and its impact.
Write a question of your own and respond to it. We encourage you to be thoughtful and creative.
The University of Maryland is a premiere research institution, with a wide range of opportunities in the classroom, the laboratory and the studio. Part of your challenge over the next four years will be to find your niche here at Maryland; part of our commitment is to help you find that niche. Answering the following questions can help you to begin to sort our your own thinking and will help us, on campus, advise you as well. Please respond to the following questions using short answers (e.g. five to seven sentences or a paragraph in length).
A. Write about your academic interests and the personal or academic experiences that have led to or nurtured those interests. What did you enjoy learning about in high school, either through your classes, extracurricular or leisure activities? If you have any career aspirations at this point, explain how your interests match your aspirations.

B. Does multi-disciplinary team research with a faculty member, lasting throughout your undergraduate years and dealing with the social implications of science and technology, appeal to you? If yes, briefly tell us why and what are some of the interests, experiences and skills that you would bring to such a research team.

C. Please explain which of the following you would prefer and why: the opportunity to take a wide range of courses across a range of disciplines including the sciences, social sciences and humanities, or the opportunity to focus on courses in one discipline that deeply interests you.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:27:41 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

2. Essays

Essay 1:
In an essay of 300 words or less, please discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals.

Essay 2:
In an essay of 300 words or less, choose one extracurricular activity, work experience, or community service project from the list you provided on the application and explain why you initially chose it, why you continued with it, and how you benefited from it.
Essay Questions 2009-10
Essay 1:
In an essay of 300 words or less, please discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals.

Essay 2:
In an essay of 300 words or less, choose one extracurricular activity, work experience, or community service project from the list you provided on the application and explain why you initially chose it, why you continued with it, and how you benefited from it.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Georgia

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:18:46 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

2. Short Essays

In the space provided please address each of the following four topics in responses of 150-200 words each. Prior to writing your short essays, we strongly encourage you to read the UGA Faculty Statement on Diversity.
a. Choose an intellectual or creative opportunity from your high school years that you have enjoyed and highlight how you have grown personally because of the experience. (200 Word Limit)

b. "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
- Anais Nin

From freshman year to now, we know that you have interacted with a number of people in your high school who are different from you and have affected who you are now. Tell us about one such relationship, with a focus on the details of your interaction, not the person.

c. Tell us an interesting or amusing story about yourself that you have not already shared in your application. (200 Word Limit)

d. "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent."
- Victo Hugo

If someone were to look at your music collection right now, they would probably know a great deal about who you are. Individuals are drawn to music, and each song conveys something about that person. Select a musical piece to be your theme song. Tell us what it would be, and more specifically, why it represents who you are. (200 Word Limit)

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. University application

2. Essay 200 words each. Answer all.

A) Choose an intellectual or creative opportunity from your high school years that you have enjoyed and highlight how you have grown personally because of the experience.

B) Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” - Anais Nin
From freshman year to now, we know that you have interacted with a number people in your high school who are different from you and have affected who you are now. Tell us about one such relationship, with a focus on the details of your interaction, not the person.

C)Tell us an interesting or amusing story about yourself that you have not already shared in your application.

D) “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.” - Victor Hugo
If someone were to look at your music collection right now, they would probably know a great deal about who you are. Individuals are drawn to music, and each song conveys something about that person. Select a musical piece to be your theme song. Tell us what it would be, and more specifically, why it represents who you are.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. University Application Essay

In the space provided or as a separate attachment labeled ―UGA Short Essays,‖ please address each of the following four topics in responses of 150-200 words each. Prior to writing your short essays, we strongly encourage you to read the UGA Faculty Statement on Diversity, which is available on our Web site. Please be sure to include your full name and date of birth on each page of the attachment, as well as the essay topic with each of your responses.
1. Choose an intellectual or creative opportunity that you have enjoyed and highlight how you have grown personally because of the experience.

2. Share an experience through which you have gained respect for intellectual, social, or cultural differences.

3. Aliens from another planet have landed in your neighborhood and have asked you to show them around your town for a day in order to learn about life on Earth. Where do you take them and what do you do?

4. Tell us an interesting or amusing story about yourself that you have not already shared in your application.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Florida

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:03:35 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. University Application

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. University Application Essay

Please submit one essay. Remember to keep within the 400-500 word maximum length. In the space provided, please write a concise narrative in which you describe a meaningful event, experience or accomplishment in your life and how it will affect your college experience or your contribution to the UF campus community. You may want to reflect on your family, your school or community activities, or your involvement in areas outside of school.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

.Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Denver

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:58:28 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action	Nov. 1	Early Jan.
Regular Decision	Jan. 15	Mid-March

Type of Early Action? (non-binding)
Application website

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

No supplement required.
Essay Questions 2009-10

1. Common Application or Pioneer Application

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Common Application

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Dayton

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:56:44 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

No supplement required.

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. Please submit an essay (250 words minimum) describing a significant achievement, experience or risk and its impact on you.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Connecticut

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:54:09 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

no supplemental essays

Essay Questions 2009-10
http://www.admissions.uconn.edu/apply/appdetails.php

1. All applicants must complete one of the following essay questions online:

Please describe what makes you a unique individual and how these qualities can benefit the University of Connecticut community.
Describe a person or event that has had a profound effect upon your life.
Ask and answer the one question you wish we had asked.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests:

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Colorado

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:47:43 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. University Application

2. Personal essays

Your personal essays are the best way for us to learn about you as an individual and to evaluate your academic performance within an appropriate context. There are two essay questions: Essay A and your choice of topic 1, 2, or 3 for Essay B.

As you write your essays, consider reflecting on challenges you've overcome, your family or cultural heritage, your academic or cocurricular achievements, or specific moments that have helped to define your character. There are no "correct" answers to these questions - your responses should reflect the unique aspects and experiences of your life.

Essay A (required; maximum 500 words):
The University of Colorado Boulder's Flagship 2030 strategic plan promotes exceptional teaching, research, scholarship, creative works, and service distinguishing us as a premier university. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive community for all that engages each member in opportunities for academic excellence, leadership, and a deeper understanding of the world in which we live. Given the statement above, how do you think you could enrich our diverse and inclusive community and what are your hopes for your college experience?

Essay B (required; choose topic 1, 2, or 3, maximum 250 words):
1. Who are the influential people in your life? How have they contributed to your development as a person?
2. Briefly discuss how your family, school, neighborhood, and background have impacted your educational goals and aspirations.
3. Discuss any events or special circumstances that have affected your academic record, as well as any adversities you have overcome.

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. University Application

2. Essays

Essay A Required; maximum 500 words The University of Colorado at Boulder's Flagship 2030 strategic plan promotes exceptional teaching, research, scholarship, creative works, and service distinguishing us as a premier university. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive community for all that engages each member in opportunities for academic excellence, leadership, and a deeper understanding of the world in which we live. Given the statement above, how do you think you could enrich our diverse and inclusive community and what are your hopes for your college experience?
Essay B Required; choose topic 1, 2, or 3, maximum 250 words

Who are the influential people in your life? How have they contributed to your development as a person?
Briefly discuss how your family, school, neighborhood, and background have impacted your educational goals and aspirations.
Discuss any events or special circumstances that have affected your academic record, as well as any adversities you have overcome.

http://www.colorado.edu/prospective/freshman/apply/essays.html

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. University Application Essay

Essay A (required, maximum 500 words)

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Flagship 2030 strategic plan promotes exceptional teaching, research, scholarship, creative works, and service distinguishing us as a premier university. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive community for all that engages each member in opportunities for academic excellence, leadership, and a deeper understanding of the world in which we live. Given the statement above, how do you think you could enrich our diverse and inclusive community and what are your hopes for your college experience?

Essay B (required, choose topic 1, 2, or 3, maximum 250 words)
1. Who are the influential people in your life? How have they contributed to your development as a person?2. Briefly discuss how your family, school, neighborhood, and background have impacted your educational goals and aspirations.3. Discuss any events or special circumstances that have affected your academic record, as well as any adversities you have overcome.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Cincinnati

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:42:43 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

All first-time college students applying to bachelor's degree (4- or 5-year) programs are required to submit a personal statement and a list of co-curricular activities. This is an important component of your application as the University of Cincinnati uses this information, in addition to academic criteria, for admissions decisions and the award of scholarships. We recommend writing this information using a word processor and then cutting and pasting it into the text boxes below. (This page times out in 45 minutes and any unsaved work could be lost.)

Please provide a Personal Statement regarding how your academic achievements, personal interests, and life experiences have helped prepare you to succeed academically and to be an active member of the UC community. Be sure your response addresses each of the three components. (Please limit your response to approximately 250 words).

Essay Questions 2009-10
1. University Application

2. Essays

Using a separate sheet(s) of paper, please provide your responses to the following items:

• Personal Statement: Describe how your academic achievements, personal interests and life experiences have helped prepare you to succeed academically and to be an active member of the UC community. (Please limit your response to approximately 250 words.)

• Co-curricular Activities: Please list your principal activities outside the classroom (student organizations, sports, community service, work, etc.) Include a brief description of your role or distinguishing contributions for each activity.

http://www.admissions.uc.edu/apply/default.html

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Short Answer

Describe how your academic achievements, personal interests and life experiences have helped prepare you to succeed academically and to be an active member of the UC community. (Please limit your response to approximately 250 words.)

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests: UC requires students to submit at least one writing score from the ACT, or take the SAT.

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

University of Chicago

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:31:13 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision	n/a	n/a	n/a
Early Action	11/1	12/15	49
Regular Decision	1/2	4/1	35

Type of Early Action: unrestricted
Application website

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

Short Essays

Respond to Question 1 - and, if you choose, Question 2 - by writing a paragraph or two for each question. Then choose one of the five extended essay options, indicate your choice, and write a one- or two-page response.

This is your chance to play, analyze (don't agonize), create, compose - let us hear the result of your thinking about something that interests you, in a voice that is your own.

(Required) Question 1. How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to Chicago.

(Optional) Question 2. Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers? Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.

Extended Essay
(required; choose one of five) [no stated word limit]

Essay Option 1. Find x.
Inspired by Benjamin Nuzzo, an admitted student from Eton College, UK

Essay Option 2. Dog and Cat. Coffee and Tea. Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye. Everyone knows there are two types of people in the world. What are they?
Inspired by an alumna of the class of 2006

Essay Option 3. Salt, governments, beliefs, and celebrity couples are a few examples of things that can be dissolved. You've just been granted the power to dissolve anything: physical, metaphorical, abstract, concrete...you name it. What do you dissolve, and what solvent do you use?
Inspired by Greg Gabrellas, A.B. 2009

Essay Option 4. "Honesty is the best policy, but honesty won't get your friend free birthday cake at the diner." - Overheard in the city of Chicago

Does society require constant honesty? Why is it (or why is it not) problematic to shift the truth in one's favor, even if the lie is seemingly harmless to others? If we can be "conveniently honest," what other virtues might we take more lightly?
Inspired by Eleanor Easton, a second-year in the College

Essay Option 5. In the interest of adventurous inquiry, pose a question of your own. If your prompt is original and thoughtful, then you should have little trouble writing a great essay. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun.

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

Essay Option 1 How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.) Inspired by Kelly Kennedy, a fourth-year in the college.

Essay Option 2 The late-eighteenth-century popular philosopher and cultural critic George Lichtenberg wrote, "Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc. at times before they're worn out and at times-and this is worst of all-before we have new ones." Write an essay about something you have outgrown, perhaps before you had a replacement-a friend, a political philosophy, a favorite author, or anything that has had an influence on you. What, if anything, has taken its place?

Essay Option 3 "Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust," wrote the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." What is "human personality?" Is it obvious what uplifts and what degrades it? Can law be justified on the basis of it? We want to hear your thoughts on justice as it relates to this "human personality."

Essay Option 4 From game theory to Ultimate Frisbee to the great Chicago Scavenger Hunt, we at the University of Chicago take games seriously. We bet you do, too. Even if "just a game," sport, play, and other kinds of games seem to share at the very least an insistence that we take seriously a set of rules entirely peculiar to the circumstance of the game. You might say, in order to play a game we must take it seriously. Think playfully-or play thoughtfully-about games: how they distract us or draw us into the world, create community and competition, tease us and test us with stakes both set apart from and meaningful to everyday life. Don't tell us about The Big Game; rather, tell us about players and games.

Essay Option 5 In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose a question of your own. If your prompt is original and thoughtful then you should have little trouble writing a great essay. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun.

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/admissions/essays.shtml

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

Essay Option 1
"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.

Essay Option 2
The short film Powers of Ten begins with an aerial shot of a couple picnicking in a Chicago park. The camera zooms out ten meters. It then zooms out again, but the degree of the zoom has increased by a power of ten; the camera is now 100 meters away. It continues to 1,000 meters, then 10,000, and so on, traveling through the solar system, the galaxy, and eventually to the edge of the known universe. Here the camera rests, allowing us to examine the vast nothingness of the universe, black void punctuated sparsely by galaxies so far away they appear as small stars. The narrator comments, "This emptiness is normal. The richness of our own neighborhood is the exception." Then the camera reverses its journey, zooming in to the picnic, and—in negative powers of ten—to the man’s hand, the cells in his hand, the molecules of DNA within, their atoms, and then the nucleus both "so massive and so small" in the "vast inner space" of the atom.
Zoom in and out on a person, place, event, or subject of interest. What becomes clear from far away that you can’t see up close? What intricate structures appear when you move closer? How is the big view related to the small, the emptiness to the richness? Inspired by Lee Burwasser, a graduate of J. R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, PA.

Essay Option 3
Chicago author Nelson Algren said, "A writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street." Chicagoans, but not just Chicagoans, have always found something instructive, and pleasing, and profound in the stories of their block, of Main Street, of Highway 61, of a farm lane, of the Celestial Highway. Tell us the story of a street, path, road—real or imagined or metaphorical.

Essay Option 4
Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab (both national laboratories managed by the University of Chicago) have particle accelerators that smash bits of atoms together at very high energies, allowing particles to emerge that are otherwise not part of the everyday world. These odd beasts—Z bosons, pi mesons, strange quarks—populated the universe seconds after the Big Bang, and allow their observers to glimpse the fabric of the universe. Put two or three ideas or items in a particle accelerator thought experiment. Smash 'em up. What emerges? Let us glimpse the secrets of the universe newly revealed. Inspired by Katharine Bierce, a third-year in the College.

Essay Option 5
Take as a model Options 1 through 4 as you pose and respond to a prompt of your own. Please do not submit an essay written for the Common Application. Your prompt should be original and thoughtful. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, sensible woman or man, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun.

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

Rochester Institute of Technology

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:20:37 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Decision

Type of Early Action? (single-choice, unrestricted)
Application website: (link)

Essays
________________________________________________________________________

Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

No supplemental essay.

Essay Questions 2009-10

(same as last year)
Online RIT (preferred)

OR Common Application with Supplemental Information

You will be asked to complete a personal bio section and select an academic major of interest using our Academic Major Finder. If you do not feel ready to select a specific academic program, you may apply for admission to one of the "undeclared or exploration" programs offered by each RIT college. RIT also offers University Studies, a university-wide undelcared program, designed to allow students to explore academic programs that cross two or more colleges.
Once you have completed the Initial Application form you will be introduced to your myRIT Application Home, where you will be able to complete the remainder of your Application for Admission.

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

Online RIT (preferred)

OR Common Application with Supplemental Information

You will be asked to complete a personal bio section and select an academic major of interest using our Academic Major Finder. If you do not feel ready to select a specific academic program, you may apply for admission to one of the "undeclared or exploration" programs offered by each RIT college. RIT also offers University Studies, a university-wide undelcared program, designed to allow students to explore academic programs that cross two or more colleges.
Once you have completed the Initial Application form you will be introduced to your myRIT Application Home, where you will be able to complete the remainder of your Application for Admission.

Testing Policy Link to testing policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Required tests: Applicants will be expected to take the SAT Reasoning test or the ACT. The ACT (with or without the writing component) may be submitted.

Score-choice policy:

AP policy:

Recommendation Letters Link to letters policy on admissions website
________________________________________________________________________

Letters of Recommendation required?

Total letters of recommendation allowed?

Coursework
________________________________________________________________________

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities

Rice University

mikeattia — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:13:14 CDT

Application Type	Deadline	Notification	% Accepted
Early Decision	11/1	12/15	29
Early Action	12/1	2/10	n/a
Regular Decision	1/2	4/1	24

Type of Early Action: n/a
Application website

Essays
________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions 2010-11

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

a. (2000 Characters) With the understanding that the choice of academic school you indicated is not binding, explain why you are applying to that particular school of study.

b. What motivated you to apply to Rice University? Please be specific and limit your response to 200 words.

c. The Committee on Admission is interested in getting to know each candidate as well as possible through the application process. The following essay question is designed to demonstrate your writing skills and facilitate our full appreciation of who you are.

Architecture applicants should skip (A) and respond to (B).

A. The quality of Rice's academic life and the Residential College System are heavily influenced by the unique life experiences and cultural traditions each student brings. What perspective do you feel that you will contribute to life at Rice? (Most applicants are able to respond successfully in two to three double-spaced pages.)

Essays for Architecture Applicants Only
B. Please respond to each of the following: 1) What aspirations, experiences, or relationships have motivated you to pursue the study of architecture? 2) Outside of academics, what do you enjoy most or find most challenging? (Responses to each section should be approximately one page.)

Essay Questions 2009-10

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

With the understanding that the choice of academic school you indicated is not binding, explain why you are applying to that particular school of study.

What motivated you to apply to Rice University? Please be specific and limit your response to 200 words.

Essay:
The Committee on Admission is interested in getting to know each candidate as well as possible through the application process. The following essay question is designed to demonstrate your writing skills and facilitate our full appreciation of who you are. Architecture applicants should skip (A) and respond to (B).

A. The quality of Rice’s academic life and the Residential College System is heavily influenced by the unique life experiences and cultural traditions each student brings. What perspective do you feel that you will contribute to life at Rice? (Most applicants are able to respond successfully in two to three double-spaced pages.)

B. Essays for Architecture Applicants Only. Please respond to each of the following: 1) What aspirations, experiences, or relationships have motivated you to pursue the study of architecture? 2) Outside of academics, what do you enjoy most or find most challenging? (Responses to each section should be approximately one page.)

Passport's take

Essay Questions 2008-09

1. Common Application

2. Supplement

With the understanding that the choice of academic school you indicated is not binding, explain why you are applying to that particular school of study.

What motivated you to apply to Rice University? Please be specific and limit your response to 200 words.

Essay:
The Committee on Admission is interested in getting to know each candidate as well as possible through the application process. The following essay question is designed to demonstrate your writing skills and facilitate our full appreciation of who you are. Architecture applicants should skip (A) and respond to (B).

A. The quality of Rice’s academic life and the Residential College System is heavily influenced by the unique life experiences and cultural traditions each student brings. What perspective do you feel that you will contribute to life at Rice? (Most applicants are able to respond successfully in two to three double-spaced pages.)

B. Essays for Architecture Applicants Only. Please respond to each of the following: 1) What aspirations, experiences, or relationships have motivated you to pursue the study of architecture? 2) Outside of academics, what do you enjoy most or find most challenging? (Responses to each section should be approximately one page.)

Subject	Required	Recommended
English
Language
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual/Performing Arts

Interview: (link)

Strongly recommended, but not required

On-campus and off-campus interviews are available

Informational and evaluative

Selectivity

Selectivity Rating*
Avg GPA (unweighted)
Avg GPA (weighted)
% in top 10% of HS class
% in top 25% of HS class
% in top 50% of HS class
Avg ACT
Avg SAT Reading
Avg SAT Math
Avg SAT Writing

*on a scale from 60-99, produced by The Princeton Review

Educational Quality

4-year graduation rate
6-year graduation rate
Freshman retention rate
Professors interesting rating*
Professors accessible rating*
Student/faculty ratio

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Rating*
Total Annual Cost **
% undergrads receiving non-need-based aid
Avg non-need based aid award
% undergrads receiving need-based aid
Avg need-based loan
Avg need-based gift aid
Avg % of need met
Financial Aid forms used

*ranked on a scale of 60-99 by The Princeton Review
**includes tuition, room and board, fees, books, and misc. expenses

Student Characteristics

Undergraduate enrollment
Total students
Male/female ratio
% undergraduate live on campus
% freshmen live on campus
% African American
% Asian
% Caucasian
% Hispanic
% Native American
% International
% join fraternities
% join sororities