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What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember:  \n650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don't feel obligated to do so. (The application won't accept a response shorter than 250 words. ) [www.commonapp.org](www.commonapp.org)  \n[2020-21 Essay Prompts](2020-21 Essay Prompts)  \n1. Some students have a background identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful, they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.  \n2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?  \n3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. Would you make the same decision again?  \n4. Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma—anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.  \n5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.  \nLinfield College:  \nThe application essay will be based on one of the following essay prompts and can include previously submitted materials (such as work completed for a school essay or project) . The essay should be a minimum of 250 words and will help us become acquainted with you as a student, apart from courses, grades, test scores and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself.  \nEssays may be submitted online at the Common Application website, emailed [to](to admission@linfield.edu)[ ](to admission@linfield.edu)[admission@linfield.edu](to admission@linfield.edu) or mailed to the Office of Admission. If you submit your essay via email or postal mail, please make sure to include your full name, address and date of birth on your essay. Please note: If you submit your application essay online, it should be the same for all colleges and not customized in any way.  \nTopics  \n1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.  \n2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.  \n3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.  \n4. Describe character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc. ) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.  \n5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational  \nmix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.  \n6. Topic of your choice  \nOregon State University  \nInsight Résumé  \n(Written Experiential Assessment)  \nOSU would like to better understand your perspectives, contributions, qualifications, and diverse talents. Please address your experience in each category keeping in mind how you could contribute to the future community of excellence at OSU.  \nRespond to all six questions and limit answers to 100 words per question.  \n1. 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