Try to avoid wildly popular books like Harry Potter , unless they had a significant personal impact. Do not feel forced to connect the book you loved back to your intended major or pre-professional track. While this connection could offer you the opportunity to talk about resources at GW, do not forge an inorganic connection. Writing about a book you truly love should feel natural and allow your voice and personality to shine through your application.
Finally, offer an opinion and your personal thoughts on the novel. This essay is not meant to be a literary analysis, like you would write for an AP or other English class in high school. Instead, talk about how the book made you feel, your reactions to certain scenes, and speak directly to the author while employing the respect they deserve as a creator of literary art.
The biggest mistake you can make with this prompt is to select it solely because it seems easier to write than the other option. Prompts can appear deceivingly simple, but will require careful examination and critical thinking if you hope to produce a strong response. This prompt intentionally gives you the opportunity to choose the direction in which you take your response. Once you have brainstormed a few different events, people, or experiences, see which one you would be able to elaborate on for words.
Note that the prompt clearly states to only choose one event, person, or experience. If you pick a topic like the first time you clashed with your parents about political beliefs or how winning a debate in your government class inspired you to become a politics major, you need to go beyond the literal and express how it made you feel. Keep in mind, this prompt is asking you to share your inner thoughts. You need to reflect on the event, person, or experience you choose in order to demonstrate the deeper impact it had on you.
No matter the topic you choose, the admissions committee needs to see that you can identify self-growth. Being aware of changes in your own perspective shows that you are not only self-aware, but also open to learning and growing from new or different events, people, and experiences. While this prompt may not appear to be extremely complex, applicants often struggle with getting their point across when discussing past experiences.
Reflection is difficult to put into writing, however, when done right, it is extremely effective in presenting an applicant as original and honest in their application.
Take your time with this prompt if you choose it and do it justice! For this prompt, you first need to do your research about the UHP. As you do your research, make a list of all the features of UHP that appeal to you. While the title of being in an honors program will be appealing to a lot of applicants, the program components may not be a perfect fit for everyone.
Therefore, you need to demonstrate that you belong in this program for more than just your grades in high school, but rather your educational ambitions for your undergrad experience. Here are some tips about what to include in your essay response:. Make sure to address how this program will complement or supplement your major studies.
Talk about your educational ambitions and how the resources in the UHP could help guide them. Admissions officers are looking for students who have a greater sense of what they want to do in the next four years. Maybe you could address the learning style and classroom format of the UHP. Many of the classes in the UHP are taught using the socratic method and are more laid back during class time because students are expected to be more mature and self-motivated in their pursuit of knowledge.
Furthermore, class sizes tend to be smaller allowing for more engaged participants in UHP classes. If you tend to thrive in more intimate classroom settings, or just love discussion-based classes, then make sure to communicate that in your essay response. Talk about the honors housing and some of the faculty-in-residence. Note that when talking about specific faculty or their courses, do not just name-drop and move-on.
You need to be specific and show how a chosen professor and course could directly connect to your major studies or lead to potential research opportunities. Overall, be as specific as possible in this essay response. Make sure to elaborate on all of your points, even if it means you have to limit how many things you bring up. To prepare for this prompt, it is a good idea to spend some time reading newspaper articles.
Look for feature articles that provide in-depth interviews with individuals—movie stars, politicians, or entrepreneurs—on reputable news sites such as the New York Times , Time Magazine , or The Washington Post. Get to know the style used by professional journalists when profiling subjects. This prompt also gives you an opportunity to highlight an aspect of your profile that the rest of your more conventional application does not showcase.
Here are some suggestions for potential topics:. If you have a unique skill that you have cultivated outside of your academic and extracurricular life, this prompt is a perfect opportunity to mention it. For example, if you are an expert juggler who practices new tricks every weekend and can captivate an audience of middle-school children, your profile is a chance to sell the admissions committee on this particular quirk, and your innate passion for the activity that nurtured your skill.
If you have an intense interest or passion, however unconventional, you can also use this prompt to demonstrate how it contributes to your skills and personality. For instance, if you have collected every film produced by your favorite movie director, are capable of reciting obscure trivia about his cinematic achievements, and never miss a chance to learn more about the genre of cinema in which he specializes, talk about it in your profile.
This way, you can show that you are intellectually curious and motivated to learn new things about the subjects that inspire you. If you have had a particular experience that served as a defining moment in your life , the newspaper profile is a great place to reflect on it.
For example, if you had spent many months preparing for a half-marathon, working hard to build the stamina and discipline necessary to keep running, you can use this response as a place to reflect on the challenges you faced and what you learned about yourself along the way.
One way to help you develop a strong response to the prompt is to ask a friend or family member to interview you. They may be able to come up with interesting questions that you would not otherwise have thought of, the responses to which you can incorporate in your profile. Curriculum design and assessment skills in medical and health science settings.
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