SUNY STONY BROOK UNIVERSITYESSAY PROMPTS

Undergraduate Essay Prompt:

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• Common Application Essay
1. Please write an essay of 250 ? 500 words on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed below, and attach it to your application before submission. NOTE: Your Common Application essay should be the same for all colleges. Do not customize it in any way for individual colleges.
1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4. Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
6. Topic of your choice.
• Supplement Essay
1. Briefly state why you are considering Stony Brook University.
• Music Application Essay
• A one page essay detailing your training in music and your aspirations for the future.
• Be sure the document is labeled “Stony BrookDepartment of Music, Admissions Scholarship Essay” on the top of the page and be sure you include your name and Stony Brook I.D. number.