Prompt: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? React or Act Standing in front of my peers at the “Back to School” assembly, my principal has called me out by name. I feel myself begin to blush. I don’t consider myself to be a shy kid, but having the whole school staring at me is slightly out of my comfort zone. I begin...

Prompt: As Georgetown is a diverse community, the Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay, either personal or creative, which you feel best describes you. I’m five years old, standing at the pulpit, in front of the congregation. My Kindergarten class is performing the mass for our church. As I finish the first reading, my teacher’s face lights up with surprise, and she runs up to me...

Prompt: Briefly (approximately one-half page) discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. My heart is pounding. With my hand shaking, I give my partner a fist bump, set my timer for four minutes, and nervously ask the judge if she’s ready. Doubt begins to creep into my head: “You’re not good enough to be standing up here!” I desperately push this thought away, start my...

Prompt: Discuss the factors that have influenced your interest in studying business. When the Founding Fathers sat down at the Philadelphia Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation, they recognized the need to start anew. As they tossed out the status quo governing mechanism for the United States, they grabbed their ink quill and paper and began writing a document that would ultimately shape the course of history. That document was focused on one central theme—the Commonwealth. Our...