- If you were an astronaut, which planet would you travel to and how does this connect to your extracurricular passions and career path?
- What is a non-religious, non-extracurricular, non-work, non-internship, non-ethnic, non-racial, non-gender, non-sexuality, and non-hobby-related community that you are part of?
- Who even is you?
- If an electric train is traveling south, which direction is the smoke going?
- What about our campus do you like: the large brick buildings that all look the same, the wide variety of food we serve in our 632 dining halls, or our one Nobel laureate professor who you will never see but plan on “doing research with”?
- Compliment us. Pick one aspect of our institution and explain why you love us and why we’re special.
- Please defend the B+ you got in “Lifetime Activities.”
- What is your favorite color? (900 words minimum)
- Explain to a jury why you would like to study molecular biology. They will then decide whether you live or die.
- What is your least significant extracurricular involvement? Explain why it is insignificant and why you have not quit already.
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Abby is a professional procrastinator who can dodge any assignment thrown at her. She has recently become the coach of an Olympic goldfish training team which practices on the weekends in Bali. After graduating from the only university in Antarctica, Abby realized that she doesn’t like ice and is now pursuing a career in tropical gardening. In her free time, she can be found watching the daily farm report broadcast live from downstate Illinois or listening to Tuvan Throat Singing on Spotify. A seminal hostess and life of the party, Abby loves to have her friends over for Spam, sardines, and rum raisin ice cream sundaes while taking apart her home appliances to see how they work.