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Prescott College’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts

Select-A-Prompt Essay

Not Required

While we welcome you to submit the optional Common App personal essay, we require providing an essay that speaks specifically to Prescott College to allow us to make a better decision about your admission candidacy around one or both of the prompts below.
Additionally, students who submit essays that demonstrate a strong alignment to PC‘s mission and values are considered for an additional $2000 Vision Grant.

Option 1

Tell us about a time when an accomplishment, obstacle, or realization challenged your pre-existing worldview and how it sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself and others.

Option 2

Reflecting on your past academic or life experiences, how do your current educational goals align with Prescott College, and how do you see yourself as a changemaker?

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