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- Application
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- Recommendations
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- Personal essay
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- Regular decision
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- Early Action
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- Early Decision
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Honors
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Personal statement
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Additional info
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Supplemental essays
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Optional · 650 wordsDescribe a challenge, setback, or failure and what you learned from it.
Optional · 650 wordsDiscuss a time you questioned or challenged a belief or idea.
Optional · 650 wordsReflect on an act of kindness and how it affected or motivated you.
Optional · 650 wordsExplain an accomplishment or realization that sparked personal growth.
Optional · 650 wordsDescribe a topic that captivates you and why it engages you deeply.
Optional · 650 wordsSubmit an essay of your choice—previously written or on a different topic.
Optional · 650 wordsFor roughly 70 years, the Honors College has valued academic flexibility and innovative approaches to learning. Please tell us about an experience that shows how you have approached your high school career in a unique way.
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