Common App Essay Prompt 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.
While the Common App provides highly broad topics for its required 650-word essay, it’s possible that you have a story you want to narrate that doesn’t fit within those categories. Fortunately, the Common App is once again using the “topic of choice” category for the 2023-2024 admissions season. You can write about whatever you want, as long as the paper is a personal statement.
Why? Simply put, admissions officers expect your essay to teach them about who you are. They are not looking to assess your writing from an academic perspective; your teachers’ recommendations, grades, and test scores already reflect that. Likewise submitting a highly creative work as your common app essay would be inappropriate. Save these types of documents for the supplemental information section of your college application.
So, what should you include in an essay responding to the Common App essay prompt #7? You can write about anything as long as it shows who you are. Although your topic probably already fits under options 1-6, we provide a few guidelines below about how to tackle Prompt #7.
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See a full list of the 2023-2024 Common App Essay Prompts. And don’t forget to receive essay editing for your college application documents.
Good luck writing your Common Application Essay this year!
