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How To Write The University of Chicago Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

***Interested in reading our University of Chicago supplemental essay guide for the 2020-2021 application cycle? Click here! https://www.hceducationconsulting.com/post/how-to-write-the-yale-university-supplemental-essays*** Welcome to the supplemental essays for the University of Chicago! These are a doozy. I’ll be frank with you: I can only take you so far with these in a blog post,

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How To Write The University of Notre Dame Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

***Interested in reading our Harvard supplemental essay guide for the 2020-2021 application cycle? Click here! https://www.hceducationconsulting.com/post/how-to-write-the-university-of-notre-dame-supplemental-essays*** You’ve got three essays to write for Notre Dame. Everyone must answer the first question (“Why This College?”). Then you get to choose two prompts from a list of four. For each essay, Notre

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How To Write The Northwestern University Supplemental Essay (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Northwestern supplemental essay for the 2019-2020 application cycle! You’ve got just one question to respond to, and it’s probably the most common supplemental essay question: “Why Us?” Here’s how Northwestern puts it: Other parts of your application give us a sense of how you might contribute to

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How To Write The Johns Hopkins Supplemental Essay (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Johns Hopkins supplemental essay for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Johns Hopkins asks only one supplemental essay question, so you’re going to want to make it count. Essentially, you’ve got 300-400 words to talk about teamwork. It’s a good topic. Johns Hopkins wants to know that you can

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How To Write The Duke University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Duke supplement for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Duke asks three questions. One is required, one is technically optional (but actually isn’t if you’re serious about wanting to get into Duke), and the third is truly optional. The required essay is essentially a “Why Duke?” essay. There’s one

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How To Write The Princeton University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Princeton supplemental essays! Princeton University divides its numerous supplemental short answer and essay questions into “Activities,” “Summers,” “A Few Details” (they actually want nine details, which, in my book is more than a few), and “Essay: Your Voice.” This last section provides four different prompts you can

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How To Write The NYU Supplemental Essay (2019-2020)

Welcome to the New York University supplemental essay prompt for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. We would like to know more about your interest in NYU. What motivated you to apply to NYU? Why have you applied or expressed interest in a particular campus, school,

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How To Write The Columbia University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

***Interested in reading our Columbia supplemental essay guide for the 2020-2021 application cycle? Click here! https://www.hceducationconsulting.com/post/how-to-write-the-columbia-university-supplemental-essays*** Welcome to the Columbia University supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. (You can refer to the Columbia University website if you want to see how exactly

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How To Write The Tufts University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Tufts University supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. (You can refer to the Tufts University website if you want to see how exactly they’re presenting their essay prompts for this year.) Think outside the box as you answer the

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How To Write The Emory University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

***Interested in reading our Harvard supplemental essay guide for the 2020-2021 application cycle? Click here! https://www.hceducationconsulting.com/post/how-to-write-the-emory-university-supplemental-essays*** Welcome to the Emory University supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. In addition to your Personal Statement, please answer two (2) of the prompts below. Choose

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