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Sample Essay Prompts
Tell about a terrifying experience that you had when you were young.
Describe an important social event that you took part in. (wedding, church party, sports event, etc.)
Describe one of your grandparents. What has he/she accomplished in life? Would you like to be like him/her?
Tell about a family outing or vacation. What did you learn from the experience?
Have you ever been involved in some serious wrongdoing? What lesson did you learn from the experience?
Is there anything in your past that you would like to change? How would you change it if you could?
Relate an exciting experience from which you developed a particular talent or interest.
All of us learn from our failures as well as successes. What is something you gained from an unsuccessful experience?
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything to get it? How did you feel after you received or attained the thing that you desired? Did it make your life happier or more miserable? Tell about such an experience.
Who was the most influential person in your life? How did this person make you want to become better?
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Sample Admissions Essays - Accepted by Cornell (Courtesy of EssayEdge) Tell us about an opinion you have had to defend. How has this affected your belief system?
I chuckle to myself every time I think about this. I am perceived as a mild-mannered, intelligent individual until I mention that I am involved in riflery. It is interesting to watch someone's expression change. It is as if I instantaneously grew a pair of horns and a sharp set of claws. Believe me this gets worse; I am a member of the NRA. I try to tell these folks that I belong to the NRA to fire my rifle. "Oh my God! You fire real guns? with real bullets?!?" they remark with a perplexed look on their face. Besides having horns and claws, I now possess a tail and leathery wings.
This is how it began five years ago. I had played on
Tell about a terrifying experience that you had when you were young.
Describe an important social event that you took part in. (wedding, church party, sports event, etc.)
Describe one of your grandparents. What has he/she accomplished in life? Would you like to be like him/her?
Tell about a family outing or vacation. What did you learn from the experience?
Have you ever been involved in some serious wrongdoing? What lesson did you learn from the experience?
Is there anything in your past that you would like to change? How would you change it if you could?
Relate an exciting experience from which you developed a particular talent or interest.
All of us learn from our failures as well as successes. What is something you gained from an unsuccessful experience?
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything to get it? How did you feel after you received or attained the thing that you desired? Did it make your life happier or more miserable? Tell about such an experience.
Who was the most influential person in your life? How did this person make you want to become better?
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Sample Admissions Essays - Accepted by Cornell (Courtesy of EssayEdge) Tell us about an opinion you have had to defend. How has this affected your belief system?
I chuckle to myself every time I think about this. I am perceived as a mild-mannered, intelligent individual until I mention that I am involved in riflery. It is interesting to watch someone's expression change. It is as if I instantaneously grew a pair of horns and a sharp set of claws. Believe me this gets worse; I am a member of the NRA. I try to tell these folks that I belong to the NRA to fire my rifle. "Oh my God! You fire real guns? with real bullets?!?" they remark with a perplexed look on their face. Besides having horns and claws, I now possess a tail and leathery wings.
This is how it began five years ago. I had played on