EWL - College Application Prompts

As stated here, "The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores?"

Here are the prompts:

1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
   
2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later
   success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
   
3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
   
4. Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
   
5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
   

We are going to work with a 650 word limit.