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University of Texas at Austin | UT Austin's 2020-21 Essay Prompts

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Why Major? Short Response

Required
300 words

Why are you interested in the major you indicated as your first-choice major?

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Pictures Short Response

Required
75 words

Take and upload up to three photographs from a camera, smart phone or mobile device that capture how you see the world. Describe what you are trying to evoke with these images. Please limit your response to 50–75 words.

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Overcoming Challenges Short Response

Not Required
300 words

Please share background on events or special circumstances that you feel may have impacted your high school academic performance, including the possible effects of COVID-19. Please limit your response to 250-300 words.

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Why Major? Essay

Required

Discuss the factors that have influenced your desire to pursue a career in Nursing.

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Expression Essay

Required
300 words

What are the ways you explore and express your creativity?

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Why Major? Essay

Required

Discuss the reasons you chose Social Work as your first-choice major and how a Social Work degree from UT will prepare you for the future.

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Extracurricular Short Response

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300 words

Please share how you believe your experiences, perspectives, and/or talents have shaped your ability to contribute to and enrich the learning environment at UT Austin, both in and out of the classroom.

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Extracurricular Essay

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How have your academic and extracurricular activities prepared you to pursue a degree in Nursing?

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Leadership Short Response

Required
300 words

Leadership can be demonstrated in many ways. Please share how you have demonstrated leadership in either your school, job, community, and/or within your family responsibilities.

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Personal Statement Essay

Required
700 words

Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?

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Influential Art Essay

Required
500 words

In 500 words or less, please tell us about a meaningful way in which an artwork, or artist, has changed your life. How has this prompted your ambitions for a life in the arts?

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