Supplemental essays · 2026–27 application
Ohio Wesleyan University supplemental essays.
All 2 essay questions Ohio Wesleyan University asks this year, word for word, with the word limits and how to approach each one.
Checked against owu.edu and the Common App application on October 17, 2026
What you write: Optional. If you write one, answer one of the two, up to 250 words.
Ohio Wesleyan says skipping it won't hurt your application.
Optional: a free day
If you have a day free of school and/or work responsibilities, how would you choose to spend it?
Pick one of the two.
How to approach it
- Pick one moment and stay there. Readers remember a scene, not a summary.
- Spend at least a third of the essay on what you thought and how you changed.
- Read it out loud. If a line doesn’t sound like you, it isn’t done yet.
Optional: your first semester
Imagine it's your first semester at Ohio Wesleyan. What do you hope your schedule, activities, and experiences will include---and why?
Pick one of the two.
How to approach it
- Name things you could only find at this college: a class, a professor, a program, a tradition.
- Tie every detail to something true about you.
- Swap test: if another college’s name fits your sentence, it’s too general.
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