Supplements 2013

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Columbia:

JHU:

Princeton:

How did you find out about Brown? (300 Characters ~50 words)
Why did you choose those areas of study? (300 Characters ~50 words) owo
Why does our academic environment appeal to you? (700 Characters ~90 words) owo
Where have you lived and for how long, etc? (300 Characters ~50 words)
If I could do something with no risk of failing I would...OR I felt like I truly belonged
when... (200 Characters ~30 words)
What is something you created that makes you especially proud and why? (700
Characters ~90 words) owo
Pick a community and culture that has shaped you and explain how. (1000 Characters
~200 words) owo
Describe a moment when your perspective changed. (2000 Characters ~400 Words)
Why did you choose these majors? What experiences beyond school have broadened
this interest? What concept in your anticipated major are you most proud of mastering?
Briefly describe the course(s) you have taken relating to the chosen field. (500 Words
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Required readings you most enjoyed during the past year.

Books you've read for pleasure during the past year.
Publications you read regularly.
Entertainment you enjoyed the most last year.
What you found meaningful about one of the above things (1500 Characters) owo
Why Columbia (1500 Characters) owo
Why did you chose these areas of study (1500 Characters) owo
Optional supplementary material paper (2 pages) ?w?

1. Why did you chose one or two of your areas of study (250 Words) owo
2. Tell us something about you that we wouldn't find out through the Common App (250
Words) owo

1. How have you spent the last two summers? (2500 Characters)
2. How has culture around you influenced your life? ( 500 Words)

Tufts:
1. Why Tufts? (50-100 Words)
2. Describe the environment you were raised in (family, home, neighborhood, community) and
how that has influenced/built the person you are today (200-250 Words) Be who you are...writing,
prose, video, etc medium. OR What makes you happy? OR Pick a law and explain its meaning to you
OR Celebrate your nerdy side OR What would your Senior superlative be and why? (200-250
Words)
Chicago: 1. Why Chicago? (1 or 2 Paragraphs) What are some of your favorite books, movies,
plays, publications, etc? (1 or 2 Paragraphs) Relationship between you and your arch-nemesis (real or
imagined) OR Choose two concepts that you cannot know simultaneously and it's implications OR
How has silence spoken for you in ways you did or did not intent? OR Pick a present you have received

and invent a past for it OR Write about something of your choice OR Where is Waldo? (1-2 Pages)