Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum).

Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.  (250-500 words)

Michigan State University recognizes that an assortment of interests, viewpoints, and life experiences are important in student learning and enhance the university community. Describe an experience, passion, or characteristic that illustrates what you would contribute to the MSU community and how this will add to the overall richness of campus life. (400 words)

Describe a significant experience from the past two years which required you to interact with someone outside of your own social or cultural group (ethnic, religious, geographic, socio-economic, etc.). How did this impact you? What did you learn and what surprised you? (400 words)

Describe the unique qualities that attract you to the specific undergraduate College or School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? (500 words maximum)

Possible Topics:

• Unusual circumstances in your life
• Travel or living experiences in other countries
• A letter to your future college roommate
• An intellectual experience (course, project, book, discussion, paper or research topic) that has meant the most to you
• How you hope to use your college education
• A list of the books you have read during the past twelve months

• 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.

(250-500 words)

The Pre-Professional Scholars Program grants conditional admission to a CWRU professional school (dental medicine, law, medicine, and social work) for a very select group of first-year undergraduate students.

Pre-Professional Scholars Essay 1:

By applying to the Pre-Professional Scholars Program, you are applying to gain admission to professional school earlier than students who apply in the traditional way. Please indicate why you’re interested in your chosen profession. How do you see yourself being particularly suited to this field? What events and/or experiences have led you to your choice? This essay should be between 250 and 500 words in length.

We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer)

Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? ((100 words or fewer)

What attribute of your personality are you most proud of, and how has it impacted your life so far? This could be your creativity, effective leadership, sense of humor, integrity, or anything else you would like to tell us about. (200 - 250 Words)

Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200 - 250 words)

Tell us about the most significant challenge you have faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage the situation? (200 - 250 words)

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