Important Information About the Essay
An essay is only required of first-year applicants wishing to be considered for honors programs or scholarships. Those candidates must also complete their applications by the priority date of December 1.
The essay must be composed and submitted in the essay box provided on the application.
When deciding whether or not to submit an essay with your application, we ask that applicants be aware:
- While the essay is not required, all students may benefit from submitting the essay.
- Essays submitted separately from the application will not be considered.
- It is not possible to return to an already submitted application to submit the essay. So if you plan on submitting an essay, we recommend that you:
- Preview the essay question on the application.
- Compose and edit your essay in a word-processing document, making certain that it does not exceed 3,800 characters in length, including spaces.
- Prior to submitting the application, copy and paste it into the essay box provided on the application.