YesLetter: Essays: Essays About You

If you had to choose an item in your room with which you would like to enhance your relationship, what would it be and why?

Accepted by Harvard University

Provide Page 217 of Your Autobiography

Accepted by The University of Pennsylvania

Version Two- Provide Page 217 of Your Autobiography

Accepted by The University of Pennsylvania

Version Three- Provide Page 217 of Your Autobiography

Accepted by The University of Pennsylvania

Why is Penn a Good Match for You?

Accepted by The University of Pennsylvania

Version Two- Why is Penn a Good Match for You?

Accepted by The University of Pennsylvania

In 100 words or less describe your most important intellectual experience or accomplishment to date as it relates to the fields of math, science, technology or research.

Accepted by MIT

In 100 words or less describe your most important non-academic activity and why it is important to you.

Accepted by MIT

Think about all the things you hope or expect to gain from your college experience, and then tell us which two or three you would place at the top of your list if you had to make up such a list today. Be as specific or as general as you like.

Accepted by Princeton University

Version Two- Think about all the things you hope or expect to gain from your college experience, and then tell us which two or three you would place at the top of your list if you had to make up such a list today. Be as specific or as general as you like.

Accepted by Princeton University

Version Three- Think about all the things you hope or expect to gain from your college experience, and then tell us which two or three you would place at the top of your list if you had to make up such a list today. Be as specific or as general as you like.

Accepted by Princeton University

Discuss something (anything) you just wish you understood better than you now do. As tempted as you may be, don’t choose “the college admissions process.”

Accepted by Princeton University

Version Two- Discuss something (anything) you just wish you understood better than you now do. As tempted as you may be, don’t choose “the college admissions process.”

Accepted by Princeton University

Version Three- Discuss something (anything) you just wish you understood better than you now do. As tempted as you may be, don’t choose “the college admissions process.”

Accepted by Princeton University

Describe the activity you've been a part of that has held the most meaning for you.

Accepted by Princeton University

Describe a difficult decision you have made.

Accepted by Princeton University

What is your defining characteristic? What encapsulates your essence? In your eyes, what makes you you?

Accepted by Cornell University

General Personal Statement

Accepted by Duke University