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[quote=Anonymous]You can also google "supplemental essay" and a school name to see what they've asked in the past. For example, for Amherst:

"At Amherst we know that identity is more than checkboxes. If you would like to share more about your identity, background, family, culture or community, please tell us more here. (Maximum: 175 words)"

For Pomona: "Short Response Questions (1-50 Words Each, optional)
 
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
What’s your favorite way to eat a potato?
You’re relaxing on a Friday night. Suddenly, your favorite song pops into your head. What is it?
If there are aspects of your identity that you feel are not captured elsewhere in this application, please provide that information below.
If not captured elsewhere in your application, please share with us how you have overcome challenges in your life.
 
Supplemental Essays (required)
 
Prompt 1: Pomona is committed to achieving the benefits of diversity for all students by creating a community that learns and grows together through the exchange of different lived experiences and perspectives. Our community is made up of students from diverse cultures, races, ethnicities, and linguistic backgrounds; political, religious and social views; physical abilities; home environments and socioeconomic backgrounds; hometowns and regions; and sexes, gender identities and sexual orientations.
 
Choose one of the following two prompts: (200 words)
 
Option A: Tell us about an experience when you dealt with disagreement or conflict around different perspectives within a community.
 
Option B: Tell us about one of the communities you belong to and what it means to bring that shared belief and/or perspective to Pomona.
 
Prompt 2: Helen Keller once said, “The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Whether you aspire to be a hero or an honest worker, what impact do you want to have in the Pomona community, your community back home, or any new community? (200 words)"[/quote]

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