CommonApp Essay Questions for 2006-2007

Applicants who want to get an early start on applications to schools that accept the Common Application can go ahead and start working on their essays now. The 2007 Common Application will not be available until early July, but the Common App confirms that it will use the same essay prompts this year that it used last year.

The essay prompts are:

• Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
• Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
• Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
• Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
• A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
• Topic of your choice.

For more information, see the "Common Questions" page on the Common Application website (www.commonapp.org).