<p>The CUNY Macaulay Honors College Essay prompts are now available. If you will apply next fall, you may want to get drafts going over the summer; this fall the Macaulay deadline will be earlier than in the past (November 16).</p><p>You can read about the full application process <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacaulay.cuny.edu%2Fadmissions%2Fapplying-to-macaulay%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cringram3%40schools.nyc.gov%7C6cf1bf2173a94fa56aaa08d93518a524%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C637599202240119048%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=PBchJLjZzbaeFOId1xv%2BfIWQfYh%2BqM2LmQbwx1mW%2Bso%3D&reserved=0">here.</a></p><p><b>OUR ESSAY PROMPTS HAVE BEEN POSTED!</b><br/></p><p>The application for the Macaulay Class of 2026 won't open until September 1, but the prompts are available now for rising seniors.</p><p>As part of the Macaulay application to the class of 2026, we require that studemts submit <b>two pieces of writing: an ESSAY and a second WRITING SAMPLE</b>. Each should be around 500 words long. Word counts may be slightly over or under, within reason.</p><p>ESSAY PROMPT: Describe an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.</p><p>WRITING SAMPLE PROMPT: Write on a topic of your choice. It may be something you have already written, something that addressed a different prompt (such as another college essay or academic assignment), or may be an essay of your own design.</p><p>In selecting your writing sample, students should consider that:</p><ul><li>Readers will not be specialists in any specific field, submissions of a technical nature are discouraged</li><li>Submissions can be an excerpt from a larger text, but it should be self-contained, with a reasonably clear beginning, middle, and end</li><li>Students are encouraged to be ambitious in their writing, but also aware of word count limitations</li></ul><p><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuny.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Ddc3847422c9f7582958d52e0b%26id%3Da1add0b525%26e%3D8fa68a03d6&data=04%7C01%7Cringram3%40schools.nyc.gov%7C6cf1bf2173a94fa56aaa08d93518a524%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C637599202240119048%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=XSDIxMYScUuQCWBVyj14AO%2FAFD41irjB0XqzE8YyXpE%3D&reserved=0">SEE ALL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS</a></p>
