Supplemental essays · 2026–27 application
Point Loma Nazarene University supplemental essays.
The essay question Point Loma Nazarene University asks this year, word for word, with the word limit and how to approach it.
Checked against pointloma.edu and the Common App application on October 17, 2026
What you write: One reflection, 150–250 words.
Point Loma is a Christian university with a lifestyle agreement for students. Read the agreement linked in the Common App before you write.
The Community Living Agreement
Please reflect on the values and challenges of entering into this agreement as a college student.
The prompt opens by describing PLNU's Community Living Agreement: an atmosphere of academic excellence and spiritual growth, with students committing to a certain lifestyle.
How to approach it
- Say plainly what the community is.
- Show your place in it with one real scene.
- End with what you’d bring to campus.
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