Our weekly topics are listed below.  You will turn them in (preferably electronically) Friday before midnight.  Remember that you want your responses to make you stand out to recruiters.  Click this link for an example of a student essay. Option 3 is an example of your first essay, read it and examine the critique that was completed for it.

Here is a link for Essay writing tips and the rubric that I will be using to grade your response. 

Topic A - due November 2nd

Write an essay in which you tell us about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how and why this person is important to you.

Topic B - due November 9th

Choose an issue of importance to you - the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope - and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.

Topic C - due November 16th

Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

Topic D - due November 30th

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.

Select between topics E - G

Topic E

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 F

There may be personal information you want considered as part of your admissions application. Write an essay describing that information. You might include exceptional hardships, challenges, or opportunities that have shaped or impacted your abilities or academic credentials, personal responsibilities, exceptional achievements or talents, educational goals, or ways in which you might contribute to an institution committed to creating a diverse learning environment.

Topic G

Personal interaction with objects, images and spaces can be so powerful as to change the way one thinks about particular issues or topics. For your intended area of study (architecture, art history, design, studio art, visual art studies/art education), describe an experience where instruction in that area or your personal interaction with an object, image or space effected this type of change in your thinking. What did you do to act upon your new thinking and what have you done to prepare yourself for further study in this area?