Some universities change their admissions essay prompts regularly and some universities rarely do so. The University of Pennsylvania had the same essay prompt for a few years running. That prompt, which applicants were directed to answer in 400-650 words, read: “How will you explore your intellectual and academic interests at …
A number of readers wrote in that the prompts for the Penn admissions essays that we posted a while back were incorrect and they sure were. We apologize that it’s taken us this long to run a correction! So, what’s the prompt, you ask?: “The Admissions Committee would like to …
This post has since been corrected here: The UPenn admissions essays for next year are out and if you’re someone who reads college essay prompts every year (we don’t know why you would unless you’re super bored, or work as an admissions officer, private college counselor, or high school guidance …
