Tufts University supplemental essays

• Prompt 1Required150 words max

  Why Tufts

  Please describe how you have learned about and engaged with Tufts during your college search process

  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.

Program-specific prompts

These apply only if you are applying to the named program or school.

• School of Arts and SciencesRequired200 words max

  Favorite assignment

  Tell us about one of your favorite school assignments in the past two years. What was the assignment and why did you enjoy it?

• School of EngineeringRequired200 words max

  Engineering project

  Tell us about an engineering or science-related project that you have helped build, design, create, or iterate in the past two years. What was the project and what was your role?

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)Required200 words max

  Portfolio piece

  Tell us more about a specific piece in your portfolio. What were the ideas you intended to explore, and how did those ideas inform the process of making the piece?

• Combined Degree (BFA+BA/BS)Required200 words max

  Portfolio and academics

  Tell us more about a specific piece in your portfolio. How did an academic course, project, or interest inspire the ideas that you explored in this piece? Or, how did making this piece influence your academic interests?

  How to approach it

  An academic-interest prompt wants the origin story and the evidence, not the resume. Pick the moment the interest became yours, show one or two things you did about it on your own, and let the school see how you think when nobody assigns the work.