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St. Olaf College

Northfield, MinnesotaPrivate

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St. Olaf College’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts

Why This College Short Response

Required
150 Words

What excites you about St. Olaf?

Important Issue Short Response

Not Required
200 Words

If you could spend a year tackling any issue in your community before starting college, what would it be? Why is that issue important to you and what would you do to address it?

Select-A-Prompt Short Response

Required
10 Words

Everyone knows... we‘ve read about your accomplishments in your application.

No one knows... there are no wrong answers here - just be your authentic self.

You should know... we are eager to learn more about you.

Now its your turn! Use up to 10 additional words to complete each of the sentences.


Option 1

Everyone knows that I...


Option 2

No one knows that I...


Option 3

St Olaf should know that I...

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