2026–27 application
Washington State University supplemental essays
Every prompt and word limit, from the application itself.
3essay prompts
Why WSU (adult applicants)
A brief essay (no more than one page) addressing why you want to attend WSU
Only for some programs.
These apply if you’re applying to the program named on the prompt.
Building your team
Imagine you are putting together a team to work on an issue that is important to you. Briefly describe that issue and what skills, experience, and expertise you would seek in your team members and why.
Beyond the transcript
At the WSU Honors College we realize that applicants cannot be reduced to their academic transcripts. Pick one activity or experience and explain how it illustrates an important aspect of who you are and how it reflects on your own values or those of your community.
How to approach it. Here, specific beats important. A small, true community described from the inside beats a broad label. Write it as someone who was there, not as an observer. End on what you carry into a campus, not on a moral.
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