Accepted! 50 successful college admission essays - Gen Tanabe, Tanabe Kelly 2008

Essay questions you’re likely to face
The ingredients of the essay

Essay questions can address topics as creative as an unusual item you plan to take to college or as mundane as your favorite class, as specifi c as an infl uential piece of music or as broad as anything about yourself.

Questions for the essay vary by college in their specifi city, originality and fl exibility. Some even let you write your own questions.

To give you an idea of the variety you may encounter, here is a small sample of recent questions.

● Describe someone who has had an infl uence on your life.

● Write your own question and then answer it.

● Describe a book or class that has challenged the way you think.