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.

Being African-American is more than just having melanin-rich skin. My body curves where others’ stagnate, my nose widens where others’ slim, but most importantly, my hair curls where others’ wave. My

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Why Duke?

Tucked away in the forested sector of Durham resides Duke University—the school I hope to make my future home. Although I have only set foot on Duke’s soil one time, I have already begun curating my b

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We are looking for passionate students to join our diverse community of scholars, researchers, and artists. Answer this question, which corresponds to the school/program you selected above, in a half page or roughly 250 words. College of Arts and Sciences - What work of art, music, science, mathematics, literature, or other media has surprised, unsettled, or inspired you, and in what way?

In Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the playwright decides to make Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, former side characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the protagonists, therefore, as

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2. Required of ALL applicants, regardless of school or program. Answer one of the following questions in a half page or roughly 250 words (Please select the prompt you are responding to): What's your favorite word and why?

Encountering bologna in a text has been life-changing in the sense that bologna is now my favorite word and the fact that its spelling changed my outlook on depiction through language. Is bologna the

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Reasons for applying

This past summer, I enrolled in an economics course taught by Wake Forest’s Professor Whaples who frequently utilized anecdotes based in or around Wake Forest throughout his hour-long explorative lect

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1b. Explain how a book you’ve read has helped you to understand the world’s complexity. (150 words)

Cervantes’s Don Quixote follows a man enthralled in the fantastical stories of chivalrous knights so much so that he decides to embark on and construct his adventures as a self-proclaimed knight. Alth

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2. Tell us more about the topic that most engages your intellectual curiosity. (150 words)

Language facilitates understanding through human interaction. In contrast to other languages, kinesics, or the study of body language, concentrates on a language in which lies vulnerability for many d

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