Supplemental essays · 2026–27 application
Prescott College supplemental essays.
The essay question Prescott College asks this year, word for word, with the word limit and how to approach it.
Checked against prescott.edu and the Common App application on October 17, 2026
What you write: One essay, uploaded: your Common App essay or a statement about Prescott.
Your essay or why Prescott
No limit
We want to get to know you! Please share your Common App personal essay or provide a personal statement more directly related to your interest in Prescott College.
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.
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