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Hardin-Simmons University’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts
Honors College Short Response
As you can see from the Simmons website, leadership is central to our mission. Honors students in particular naturally gravitate toward leadership positions on campus and in the surrounding community. Pick one organization at Simmons or in the local Boston community that you would like to get involved in, and tell us how being a member of the Honors Program will be beneficial to you in this role.
Distinguished Scholar Award Short Response
Write an essay in which you describe your leadership style, giving specific examples to show what kinds of experiences have crafted you as a leader, and what kind of leader you think you will become at Simmons.
Boston Scholarship Short Response
The Boston Scholarship is only open to current Boston Public Schools (BPS) students. If you are a BPS student and would like to apply, please answer the following prompt.
Is a good education a right or a privilege? Why do you think so? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
3+2 Engineering Short Response
Please explain your interest in pursuing an engineering career, and what makes you a strong candidate for the accelerated 3+2 Engineering Dual-Degree Program at Simmons & Columbia University, Washington University, or Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Public Policy Short Response
What is public policy? Define it. Share an example of a public policy. In a few sentences, tell us about your interest in public policy. Why are you interested in an accelerated graduate program in public policy?
Social Work Short Response
Why are you interested in becoming a social worker? What experiences have you had that prepare you for this program? What do you hope to gain from an accelerated BSW/MSW program, and how do you plan to manage the accelerated pace of this program?
3+1 Masters Public Health Short Response
The MPH program @Simmons focuses on health inequities and the intersections of public health and social justice. What interests you in a career in public health, and what health inequities do you hope to address in your work and why? What do you hope to gain from the accelerated 3+1 BS to MPH program?
3+1 LIS Short Response
Why are you interested in the 3+1 LIS program, and how will a Bachelor‘s in Computer Science or Information Technology help you reach your Library Information Science career goals?
Select-A-Prompt Short Response
Additional Honors supplemental essay: should be 400 words that addresses one of the following:
Option 1
There has been a lot of recent publicity about Artificial Intelligence (AI), much of which concerns ChatGPT and the potential--both good and bad--for future uses of AI. Write an essay in which you weigh in on this debate, and suggest how you might constructively use AI as a college student.
Option 2
Increasingly, commentators have pointed out how polarized we have become as a society. Media scholars describe the "echo chamber" many of us inhabit, where we hear views we agree with amplified, and rarely hear opposing points of view. How do you get multiple perspectives on an issue? In what ways do you see your college experience as an opportunity to learn from people with different views from your own, and to hear competing points of view on controversial topics?
Option 3
What can older people learn from your generation?
