There are three essay questions which will appear in your applicant status page after it has been activated (see Application Procedures, Step 2) . All essay questions must be answered on-line unless otherwise indicated by your program of interest.

Standard Essay Questions

1. What are your vocational objectives and how will your proposed plan of graduate study relate to them? (The response to this essay is your "Personal Statement.")
2. Within your major field, are there areas of special interest to you? Please explain.
3. Are there special circumstances related to your academic record that you feel we should know about? Have you ever been convicted of a crime? If the answer is yes, explain the circumstances, give the dates of the offense(s) and discuss what you learned from the circumstance.

Programs with other Essays

Art History

• Please list all art history and architectural history courses taken/completed or in progress. Give year and institution for each along with course title and number.
• Language Assessment. Indicate the languages you have taken at your previous institutions. Include the years of study for each. (For example, French: 4 semesters in High School (1998-200): University of xxx, 2000-2001: University xxx, 2001-2002)

Arts and Humanities Summer Institute (AHSI)

• What are your educational/professional objectives and how will your participation in the Arts and Humanities Summer Institute help you achieve these objectives? Please include any plans for graduate school. The response to this essay is your personal statement.
• Please tell us about the art, art history and English courses you have taken to date or are taking now. Please include course titles, but tell us more than we will know from reading your transcript about your interest in these courses, any research projects you might have done, and the relationship between this coursework and your educational/professional goals.
• Submit a 10-15 page critical writing sample. If interested in a Masters in Fine Arts also submit 3-10 images of recent art work.
• Who recommended that you participate in this summer institute? Will this person be writing a letter of recommendation for you? If no one recommended that you participate in this program, how did you hear about it?

Biological Sciences

• What scientific research experience have you had?
• What are your research interests and long-term professional objectives?
• What specific attributes of our Department make you feel that it would be a good place for you?

Business Administration Programs

• Getting your message across to prospective customers is a key element of a business plan. Please critique our effort to market the University of Delaware MBA programs by using specific examples of where and how you heard about our program (e.g., specific radio station, internet site, publication, TV station, etc.) and honestly assess how effective that vehicle was in drawing you to apply for admission. What are some strengths of these marketing efforts and what could be done better? What is the best way to reach prospective students like you? We are looking for insightful, specific and brief essays.
• What are your vocational objectives and how will your proposed plan of graduate study relate to them?

Business Administration (Sarajevo)

• Explain how the SGSB MBA/MBE program will assist you in achieving your future professional goals and objectives.

Communication

• Upon what past experiences and interests do you base your present decision to apply for admission to the graduate program in Communication?
• What is your definition of Communication in the context of your interest area?
• How does study for the M.A. in Communication in our department fit into your short- and long-term goals and career aspirations?
• Is there any other information, not covered elsewhere in your application, which you would like to share with the department's Graduate Admissions Committee?

Exceptional Children and Youth

• Choose one of these options for this essay requirement:
• Select an important problem facing individuals with disabilities or the schools, teachers, or other people who work with them and propose a solution to this problem; or,
• Describe an experience in your own life that influenced your decision to work with individuals with disabilities; or,
• Mail a brief paper that you submitted in a recent education course to the Office of Graduate Studies who will add it to your admission file.

Chemistry and Biochemistry

• What are your primary area(s) of interest - analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, or physical?

Liberal Studies

• Submit a 3-5 page essay about your intellectual interests and life experiences and how you think these can be developed in the MALS program. You should mail this essay to the Office of Graduate Studies who will add it to your admission file and provide access to the admissions committee in the MALS program.

Physical Therapy

• The Physical Therapist plays many roles in today's health care environment. Identify and explain what you perceive these roles to be from your volunteer or paid clinical experience. Cite a specific example of one physical therapist acting in many capacities.