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Lake Erie College

Painesville, OhioPrivate

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Lake Erie College’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts

Select-A-Prompt Essay

Not Required
800 Words

Please choose ONE of the following topics and write a 500 word essay on your chosen topic.


Option 1

Tell us about a significant experience, achievement or risk you have taken and its influence on you.


Option 2

Discuss some event of personal, local, national, or international importance and its impact on you.


Option 3

Name and describe a person who has played an influential role in your life.


Option 4

Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a work of art that has influenced you and explain that influence.


Option 5

Given your personal background, describe an influence that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrates the importance of diversity to you.


Option 6

Topic of your choice.

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