Supplemental essays · 2026–27 application
Wellesley College supplemental essays.
The essay question Wellesley College asks this year, word for word, with the word limit and how to approach it.
Checked against wellesley.edu on October 17, 2026
What you write: One Wellesley essay, 250 to 400 words, plus your personal essay.
Building bridges
Wellesley students actively seek ways to build bridges and to change the world for the better. Tell us about an experience working with and alongside people of different backgrounds and/or perspectives from your own. Why was this important to you, and what lessons from this will you bring with you to Wellesley?
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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