Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

The street lights flicker on. It’s time. I scurry to the garage, hop on my bike, rush to the corner of my street, skid around the curb, and disappear into a trail plagued with unnerving darkness.

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Why are you interested in the major you indicated as your first-choice major? (Max 300 words)

When I was four, my parents bought me a toy garbage truck. While the truck’s bright-green coating caught my eye, another feature appealed to me even more: the truck could talk. The more it rolled, the

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Describe how your experiences, perspectives, talents, and/or your involvement in leadership activities (at your school, job, community, or within your family) will help you to make an impact both in and out of the classroom while enrolled at UT. (Max 300 words)

I’ve learned that leadership is anything but a position. It’s the active involvement of yourself with others around you. In my first year on the robotics team, all of the captains were obsessed with

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The core purpose of The University of Texas at Austin is, "To Transform Lives for the Benefit of Society." Please share how you believe your experience at UT-Austin will prepare you to “Change the World” after you graduate. (Max 300 words)

As a self-taught programmer, I’ve found uses for computer science beyond personal projects. I look to CS for new ways to help my communities—whether it be by creating websites to support robotics team

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Turing Scholars Supplement: Describe your significant activities, employment, and achievements, particularly those relevant to the study of computer science. Also describe your educational and career goals. (Max 500 Words)

There’s a lot that comes to my mind when thinking about Computer Science. Perhaps it’s the ability of machines to interpret code, or the application of math to everyday problem-solving, or the use of

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Explain, in detail, an experience you've had in the past 3 to 4 years related to your first-choice major. This can be an experience from an extracurricular activity, in a class you’ve taken, or through something else. (Max 150 words)

For the majority of the pandemic, my county had maintained low infection rates. But in mid-2021, they were soaring. Wanting to help, I met with UMN researchers to understand people’s needs. Their sugg

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Describe your personal and/or career goals after graduating from UIUC and how your selected first-choice major will help you achieve them. (Max 150 words)

As every facet of our society moves towards technology, many are still held back by inconsistent access to CS education. Envisioning a future with better educational tools, I see the opportunity to ma

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Tell us why you decided to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, please include why you are interested in studying the major(s) you have selected. If you selected undecided please describe your areas of possible academic interest. (Max 650 words)

Despite hours of work, there’s always one color on my screen that refuses to go away: red. Whether it be errors within the thousands of lines of code I write, squiggly lines under the hundreds of wor

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(Why Us) The University values diversity, broadly defined to include diversity of experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and talents. Enrolling a diverse community of scholars interested in learning with and from each other fosters discussion and discovery inside and outside of the classroom. Please share briefly how you might contribute to, or benefit from, our community of scholars. (Max 150 words)

A majority of my childhood years were spent changing locales, and as a result, making new friends instead of maintaining friendships. Each state and city and county had different norms and taboos, rig

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(Why major) Please include an explanation of why you would like to study the major(s) you have selected. You may also use this space to indicate your interest in other major(s) in the colleges listed above. (Max 150 words)

I’ve been toying with computers since my parents first got me a green talking-Tonka-truck at four-years-old. I would run around with it—pretending I was a giant pushing a garbage-truck—trying to figur

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