Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. (650 Word Limit)

For the first six years of my life, my friends and family called me a different name than I called myself. To those around me, I was the talkative, audacious “Ellie.” To myself, I was the self-assured

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What is your sense of Duke as a university and a community, and why do you consider it a good match for you? If there's something in particular about our offerings that attracts you, feel free to share that as well. (250 word limit)

Duke is a team. Not just a team of basketball or football players, but a team of students, faculty, and administrators who work together to build camaraderie and unmatched learning experiences. Studyi

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We believe a wide range of viewpoints, beliefs, and lived experiences are essential to making Duke a vibrant and meaningful living and learning community. Feel free to share with us anything in this context that might help us better understand you and what you might bring to our community. (250 word limit)

Twice in my life have I tied back my hair, thrown on a bonnet, and called myself Abigail Adams for Halloween. Enthralled with U.S. history since spending my road trips watching “Liberty’s Kids” as a c

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Tell us about an experience in the past year or two that reflects your imagination, creativity, or intellect. (250 word limit)

We eat olives for the Ottoman Empire, pepperoni for Pinochet’s rise, and just cheese for Cuban revolutions. “History and Pizza” (HAP) is a lunchtime series featuring guest speakers and scholarly sourc

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We want to be sure we’re considering your application in the context of your personal experiences: What aspects of your background (your identity, your school setting, your community, your household, etc.) have most shaped how you see yourself engaging in Northwestern’s community, be it academically, extracurricularly, culturally, politically, socially, or otherwise? (fewer than 300 words)

Eating is an experience, and a bagel, lox, and schmear is an incomplete experience without a side of conversation—a Jewish staple. My Jewish communities revolve around open dialogue, with disagreemen

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Please respond in fewer than 200 words per question: 1) Painting “The Rock” is a tradition at Northwestern that invites all forms of expression—students promote campus events or extracurricular groups, support social or activist causes, show their Wildcat spirit (what we call “Purple Pride”), celebrate their culture, and more. What would you paint on The Rock, and why?

A good publication has a good tote bag. Example 1: The New Yorker. Their black logo contrasted with the color of a canvas tote makes the bag iconic. Example 2: [Redacted]—my school’s newspaper. To

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2) Northwestern fosters a distinctively interdisciplinary culture. We believe discovery and innovation thrive at the intersection of diverse ideas, perspectives, and academic interests. Within this setting, if you could dream up an undergraduate class, research project, or creative effort (a start-up, a design prototype, a performance, etc.), what would it be? Who might be some ideal classmates or collaborators? (Max 200 words)

The media is everywhere and everything. From David Muir’s ABC news broadcast to TikToks and Reels, the media enthralls our world. Addicting as it is, the media relies on sensationalism to captivate, o

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