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George Mason University’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts
Why This College Short Response
What is your motivation for pursuing higher education? Why do you believe George Mason University is the right institution for you?
Select-A-Prompt Short Response
To complete your application to the Honors College, please choose and respond to one (1) of the prompts above in no more than 500 words.
Option 1
George Mason University is Virginia‘s largest public research university. As a Tier-1 research institution, every day, our faculty, staff, and students work to address unanswered questions, unresolved challenges, and problems that impact a wide variety of populations. In the Honors College, you‘ll have opportunities to do this sort of work -- and maybe even answer questions and solve problems that matter to you. Tell us about one question, challenge, or problem that you‘d like to work to better understand or address during your time at Mason. Introduce this issue, and then explain why it matters to you and why it might matter to others. Feel free to be creative- research and inquiry can exist in unlikely places.
Option 2
The art we see, the stories we read, and the words we hear have the power to move us and to change us. Tell us about a time that you‘ve been moved to act by something you read, a speech you heard, or a work of art that you experienced. What was it, and how did it impact you? What did you do -- or what will you do -- in response?
