2023-2024 Common Application Essay Prompts
The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don't feel obligated to do so. (The application won't accept a response shorter than 250 words.)
请从下方七个题目中任选一个完成一篇250-650字的文章.
1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
一些学生认为自己的某些背景，身份，兴趣或者天赋有着很重要的意义。如果没有了这些，他们的申请就不能算是完整的。如果你也是如此，请分享你的故事。
2. The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
从挫折中获取的经验教训往往对未来的成功至关重要。回想一次你曾遇到挑战，挫折或者失败的经历。说明它是如何影响你的，以及你从中学到了什么？
3. Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
回顾一次你曾经质疑挑战某个观念的经历，是什么促发了你的思考，结果怎样？
4. Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?(NEW)
回想一下，是否在某个时刻，有人以一种惊人的方式，让你感到快乐或感激。这种感恩如何影响或激励你呢？
5.Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
描述曾经引发你个人成长，或见证你对自我或者他人新认识的一次成就，事件或者感悟。
6. Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
描述一个让你沉醉到忘记时间的主题，想法或者概念。说明为什么它让你如此流连忘返？当你想要了解更多是，你会求助哪些人或物的帮助。
7. Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
分享你愿意分享的任何主题的文章。可以是你已经完成的文章，或者是针对不用题目的文章，任何你自创的文章。
