F&C Application Essay Template
Please use our template below to answer our three short essay questions and submit them with your application.
- In Freedom & Citizenship we ask the big questions about how humans live together in society. We use ancient texts to help us think about the world today and our own place in it. Tell us about yourself and why you’re interested in asking big questions about humanity. What specific questions are you interested in?
- Former students describe the summer seminar as both exciting and challenging. How are you looking for a challenge? What kind of skills would you like to improve, or what new experiences would you like to have?
- During your senior year you’ll work with a group of students on a civic leadership project. What topic would you like to work on, why are you interested in that topic, and what kind of changes would you like to make?
You may upload your attachments directly into the application or submit them later using your personalized upload link. Attachments must be received by the deadline for a student's application to be considered. If you do not receive an upload link, please check your spam filter and then contact us for help at [email protected]
Statement on AI Use
We ask for three essays so that we can get to know you as a person and determine if you're ready to write the nightly response papers required during the summer program. There's a lot of writing this summer and we're looking for students who are ready and willing to work hard to improve their skills! If you use AI to help you write your application essays, not only are you not allowing us to get to know you and your writing skills, but you may be hurting yourself.
You won't have an opportunity to use AI during the summer since your TAs will be working with you on your essays. So, if you're not prepared to write these three essays without AI now, you won't enjoy writing the nightly responses without AI this summer.