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.

Who am I?  The answer came to me in a fantasy. A girl trekked in the hazy storm. North wind gripped her like a vice, preventing her from moving forward. A bison steadily trudged closer, its muscles

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Penn Main Essay 1

Management was the undertaking of ambition in a time of boredom; Wharton is the undertaking of ambition in a time of burgeoning.  The [Place Redacted] is a symbol of my hometown. In times of drought

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Penn Main Essay 2

Neon extends across my vision, reaching toward my destination like golden lightning. “Penn” was renowned, its technology novel, its people edified compared to the agrarian Dakota district where I’d tr

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List the titles of the required readings from academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school.

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List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read outside of academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school.

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We’re interested in learning about some of the ways that you explore your interests. List some resources and outlets that you enjoy, including but not limited to websites, publications,  journals, podcasts, social media accounts, lectures, museums, movies, music, or other content with which you regularly engage.

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A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and live in a community with a wide range of perspectives. How do you or would you learn from and contribute to diverse, collaborative communities?

Columbia's student body comes from 100+ countries and speaks 170+ languages.  I only speak three, I've only lived in two. Add all my contacts and those numbers don't increase by much. The world popu

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Why are you interested in attending Columbia University? We encourage you to consider the aspect(s) that you find unique and compelling about Columbia.

Why Columbia? It is the pursuit of a six-year-old dream. Glimmering, deafening, overwhelming New York awed the twelve-year-old me who traveled there to perform at Carnegie Hall, and ingenious, diverse

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For applicants to Columbia College, please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the areas of study that you previously noted in the application.

Late-night calls and the vibrant chatter of inventive peers attracted me to Business Management. Founding two clubs enthralled me, and working in the Superintendent’s Cabinet furthered that enthusiasm

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Prompt Essay:

On the first day of AP Psychology class, my teacher instructed us to read about social psychology in our textbook. What subject was I immediately greeted upon? Brainwashing . I was instantaneously h

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Academic Interest

I’ve lept across ravines to establish my clubs. I’ve scaled an intense mountain, starting from working alone on restaurant shifts to the peak of collaborating with the State Superintendent to improve

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What you are interested in studying and why

Bitcoin. Dogecoin. Ethereum.  Fascinated by the newfound profits of my friends’ cryptocurrency ventures, I investigated more. That is how I stumbled upon an article that linked crypto to blockchains

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Joint Program in Business and Computer Science short answer

At the tender age of 17, one thing is certain: I love YouTube. Yet among the infinite selections on the platform, one aspect has always ignited a great deal of intrigue: the “recommended” section. 

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Goals/Interest

I would like to study entrepreneurial management and international business because they fit in my experience. From the complex planning, passionate proposals, and late-night group conversations of es

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Optional Diversity Question

My Diversity: Culture: Eastern to Western Education: [Place Redacted] and American Work Experience: Minimum-Wage Cashier to State Superintendent’s Cabinet Member Talent: Pet Turtle Caretaker t

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Why NYU

Why NYU? It is the pursuit of a six-year-old dream. Glimmering, deafening, overwhelming New York awed the twelve-year-old me who traveled there to perform at Carnegie Hall, and ingenious, diverse, nev

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Most students choose their intended major or area of study based on a passion or inspiration that’s developed over time – what passion or inspiration led you to choose this area of study? (300 word maximum)

Administration was the undertaking of ambition in a time of boredom.  The [Place Redacted] is a symbol of my hometown. In times of drought, the receding waterline exposes barren banks. For years, my

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Many students pursue college for a specific degree, career opportunity or personal goal. Whichever it may be, learning will be critical to achieve your ultimate goal. As you think ahead to the process of learning during your college years, how will you define a successful college experience? (300 word maximum)

My successful college experience is defined as testing both the known and the unknown.  First, the known: knowledge, experience, and connections. All three are easily accessible through opportunities

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Consider your application as a whole. What do you personally want to emphasize about your application for the admission committee’s consideration? Highlight something that’s important to you or something you haven’t had a chance to share. Tell us, don’t show us (no websites please). (300 word maximum)

Have you ever feared? Job security? Family? Love?  I have. But as I grew from adolescence toward adulthood, I had developed my private mantra: to experience life in all its aspects, no longer woul

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Additional Intellectual Experiences

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EC Essay

There is a permanent bruise, harsh and red, tucked below the left side of a chin. There is a simple multiplication equation: 2 hours x 7 days = 14 hours/week. There is a girl who is slightly deaf in h

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Most significant challenge society faces

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Last two summers

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Historical moment or event

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Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family.

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One thing you are looking forward to at Stanford

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Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you excited about learning

“YouTube surfing: The act of clicking on random videos on YouTube, and in the end landing on a really random vid.” (Urban Dictionary) “YouTube surfing” is an activity I often partake in late at nigh

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Note to future roommate

I am a teenager from the Age of Interstellar Travel.  Neon extends across my vision, stretching toward the distance like golden lightning. I am making my exodus. Leaving behind the penetrating, ever

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Something meaningful to you and why

Have you ever feared? Job security? Family? Love?  I have. But as I grew from adolescence toward adulthood, I had developed my private mantra: to experience life in all its aspects, no longer woul

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Why do these areas appeal to you?

Don’t you want to know the future? I do. These areas are crystal balls that can give me a glimpse.  S&DS is the largest crystal ball. Through compiling and analyzing large quantities of data, electi

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Why Yale

Yale is broad, both vertically through time and horizontally through academia.  Imagine, sitting in a chair on a centuries-old campus, learning about the frontiers of 21st-century blockchain technol

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Essays

Bitcoin. Dogecoin. Ethereum. Fascinated by the newfound profits of my friends’ cryptocurrency ventures, I investigated more. That is how I stumbled upon research articles that linked cryptocurrencie

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Chosen essay

A.  In his song “Welcome to the Internet”, American comedic musician Bo Burnham begins:  “Welcome to the internet! Have a look around Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found!” W

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