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.

An Ode to Vaseline On an uneventful day, my mom came home from the laundromat with a boastful smile as she told us how there was a lotion merchant in the laundromat. She recounted how they advertised

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Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.

In the midst of contemplating my answer for this question, I pondered upon the qualities the most successful leaders possess. I was conflicted between the fact that I haven't incited a revolution like

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Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.

If there is something I could do, which might not be holding chopsticks properly or figure out how double-sided tape works, it is making up a metaphor of just about anything and everything. That's the

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What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?

Everyone can be honest. It's very simple. Just don't lie. It appears easy at first glance, yet that is only the tip of the iceberg. Telling a liar to be honest is just as easy as telling a depressed p

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Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?

There is something about the walls of psychiatric facilities that is absolutely boring. Despite the fact that psychiatric hospitals guarantee you at least one fight per day or a certain sandwich that

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For one week at the end of January, Reed students upend the traditional classroom hierarchy and teach classes about any topic they love, academic or otherwise. This week is known as Paideia after the Greek term signifying “education” – the complete education of mind, body and spirit. What would you teach that would contribute to the Reed community? (200 words minimum, 500 words maximum)

Although the idea of establishing a dictatorship seems tempting to do in the short span of a class time, I would resort to something rather more possible and enlighten people of different and unique f

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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

Curiosity intends to be passionate to the extent that it could take a cat’s life. Curiosity has taken many lives away due to the fact that curiosity is synonymous with rebellion. Civil disobedience, a

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Note to future roommate

Dear Future Roommate,  It has come to my attention that we barely know each other, other than our names and the fact that we are going to the same school. Besides the fact that I snore, I would like t

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Something meaningful to you and why

Words are meaningful, well of course, since they all have denotations and connotations, but they are especially significant to me. They could hold so much power, even when you try to prevent them from

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Supplemental Essay

Knowledge is not only the power to enlighten us about the largest animal in the world or how to code, but the stories of our peers in different communities. Libraries tend to be filled with such knowl

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Short Answer Essay

[Name Redacted], class of 2026, believes there to be something special of small campuses as she came from both a small community, and a large community. She went to a charter school in the grand city

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Short Response Essay

Curiosity intends to be passionate to the extent that it could take a cat’s life. Curiosity has taken many lives away due to the fact that curiosity is synonymous with rebellion. Civil disobedience, a

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