2017-2018 Princeton Admissions Prompts
Noticeably absent from the 2017-2018 Princeton admissions essay prompts is any reference to Woodrow Wilson.
The 2017-2018 Princeton admissions prompts have been released by the university. Interestingly, Princeton’s essays for this admissions cycle make no reference to one Woodrow Wilson. As regular readers of our college admissions blog know well, Princeton has been removing many references to the former United States president from the university after so many of its students, faculty, and alumni brought to light that Princeton was honoring a man who exhibited clear racism.
So what’s been removed from Princeton’s admissions essay prompts? The nation’s service essay, one that read, “‘Princeton in the Nation’s Service’ was the title of a speech given by Woodrow Wilson on the 150th anniversary of the University. It became the unofficial Princeton motto and was expanded in 2016 to ‘Princeton in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.’ – Woodrow Wilson, Princeton Class of 1879, served on the faculty and was Princeton’s president from 1902–1910.”
Woodrow Wilson no longer makes an appearance in Princeton University’s essays for admission. No surprise there.
- Tell us about a person who has influenced you in a significant way.
- ‘One of the great challenges of our time is that the disparities we face today have more complex causes and point less straightforwardly to solutions.’
Omar Wasow, assistant professor of politics, Princeton University and co-founder of Blackplanet.com. This quote is taken from Professor Wasow’s January 2014 speech at the Martin Luther King Day celebration at Princeton University. - ‘Culture is what presents us with the kinds of valuable things that can fill a life. And insofar as we can recognize the value in those things and make them part of our lives, our lives are meaningful.’ Gideon Rosen, Stuart Professor of Philosophy and director of the Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows, Princeton University.
- Using a favorite quotation from an essay or book you have read in the last three years as a starting point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the world. Please write the quotation, title and author at the beginning of your essay.”
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