2026–27 application cycle
Agnes Scott College supplemental essays
Every writing prompt on the Agnes Scott College application, with word limits, taken from the application itself. 6 prompts.
- Prompt 1Required100 words max
Why Agnes Scott
Please tell us why you chose to apply to Agnes Scott College?
How to approach it
This is a why-us prompt. The trap is describing the school back to itself; rankings and campus beauty read as filler. Name the two or three specific things (a program, a professor's work, a structure like open curriculum) you would actually use, and tie each to something you have already done.
- Prompt 2Required100 words max
A leadership quality
Agnes Scott's innovative SUMMIT experience teaches our students that leadership is more than a position. Describe a quality of leadership that you have learned in high school and how you wish to apply that quality in the future.
How to approach it
Goals prompts fail when they stay noble and vague. Pick one concrete problem you care about, connect it to something you have already touched in real life, and let the ambition be specific enough that a reader could disagree with it. Specific beats impressive.
- Prompt 3Required100 words max
A global issue
As part of Agnes Scott's SUMMIT experience, our courses focus on seeing the world from a global perspective, and our students have the opportunity to do so first-hand during their SUMMIT Journeys trip in their first-year. What is a global issue that is important to you, and how can you imagine yourself addressing that issue during your time at Agnes Scott?
How to approach it
Community and identity prompts reward specificity over significance. A small, true community described from the inside beats a broad label described from the outside. End on what you carry from it into a campus, not on a moral.
- Prompt 4Required100 words max
A leader you admire
Tell us about a leader that you admire. Who are they? How have they influenced you?
- Prompt 5Required
Anywhere you'd go
If you could visit anywhere, where would you go and why?
- Prompt 6Required
A favorite book
What's your favorite book you have read outside the classroom (not assigned reading) and why?
Common questions
Agnes Scott College essays, answered
How many essays does Agnes Scott College require?
Agnes Scott College lists 6 writing supplements for the 2026–27 cycle, all required. That is on top of the main personal statement.
How long are the Agnes Scott College supplemental essays?
Word limits across the listed prompts add up to roughly 400 words. Budget real time for them: supplements are where admissions sees your specific interest in Agnes Scott College.
Do the Agnes Scott College supplemental essays matter?
Yes, and more as selectivity rises. Grades and scores put you in the pool; supplements are one of the few places you control what the reader learns about you, and a generic why-us essay is one of the most common self-inflicted wounds in admissions.
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