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The Ultimate College Essay Guide: Prompts and Writing Tips
When we at Ivy Coach hear the term “the college essay,” we instinctively roll our eyes because there is not one college essay. While The Common Application includes a Personal Statement that is submitted to every Common App.-subscribing school, most of America’s highly selective universities feature additional essays on their unique supplements — and these essays are just as critical as the Personal Statement.
Since many schools change their supplemental admissions essay prompts from year to year, especially last year after the Supreme Court struck down Affirmative Action in late June of 2023 (the essays are, in some ways, a legal loophole allowing colleges to consider a student’s background when weighing their case for admission), it’s hard to find all of the new prompts for America’s top colleges in one place. Until now , that is.
2024-2025 College Essay Prompts
Below, applicants to the Class of 2029, you’ll find this year’s essay prompts for America’s highly selective universities — directly from each school’s admissions office:
How to Address the 2024-2025 College Essay Prompts
Below, you’ll find Ivy Coach’s tips on approaching the 2024-2025 supplemental essay prompts at America’s highly selective universities. If we haven’t yet posted our annual tips for a specific university, whose essays are hot off the presses, rest assured that it will be posted in short order.
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