We recently posted the 2022-2023 admissions essays for the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2027. In a change of pace from the last few years, this year, UPenn’s admissions office has asked to respond to three essay prompts. For each prompt, applicants are asked to write between 150-200 words. And …
The University of Pennsylvania has released its 2021-2022 essay prompts. Just like last year, there are two essay prompts. Both prompts are essentially Why College essays. As our loyal readers may remember, UPenn used to ask one 650-word Why College essay. But in the last couple of years, they’ve asked …
Prior to the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, the University of Pennsylvania asked applicants to complete only one supplemental essay prompt in 400-650 words: “How will you explore your intellectual and academic interests at the University of Pennsylvania? Please answer this question given the specific undergraduate school to which you are applying …
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 …
