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Computer science application essays

Essays from students admitted into computer science and computing programs.

These listings come from students who applied into computing and were admitted. The collection covers computer science, computer engineering, electrical and computer engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, informatics and symbolic systems.

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76Essays

18Multi-essay packages

$20 to $184Price range

Essay types inside

Common App · Personal Statement14
Why-school · Supplement13
Community / Identity · Supplement7
Other supplement6

Where these writers got in

UIUC5
Georgia Tech4
Purdue4
Texas A&M4
Michigan (Ann Arbor)3
NYU3

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Georgia Tech

Why-school · Supplement

Computer Science

How living in Egypt, a tennis match, and a hackathon sparked my interest in technology

International student

Seller attendsGeorgia Tech

Accepted at:Georgia Tech

Community / Identity · Supplement, Why-school · Supplement

Computer Science

My four years of trying to find belonging in a community that once felt completely foreign

International student

Seller attendsGeorgia Tech

Accepted at:Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement, Intellectual vitality · Supplement

Computer Science

My path to Egypt's first student-led platform and what got me into technology

International student

Seller attendsGeorgia Tech

Accepted at:UNC Chapel Hill

Common App · Personal Statement

Computer Science

Dressed in a bright blue tracksuit, I eagerly waited for the camera to flash.

Seller attendsNortheastern

Accepted at:Northeastern

UC · Personal Insight Question

Computer Engineering +3

In middle school, I wasn’t physically fit and didn’t know where to begin.

Immigrant familyStudent athlete

Seller attendsUC Santa Barbara

Accepted at:UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced, UC Santa Barbara

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement

Computer Science

My debugger has seen my tears more than most of my friends. But each time my code breaks, I start over, not out of…

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Accepted at:Georgia Tech

UC · Personal Insight Question

Computer Science +1

As “STEM Classes 2023” appeared on the screen, I took my seat in the bustling auditorium of my high school.

Rural hometownWorked through school

Seller attendsUC San Diego

Accepted at:UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, UC Merced

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Computer Science

Most people are fascinated by what AI can do. I’m more fascinated by what it shouldn’t.

Rural hometownWorked through school

Seller attendsUC San Diego

Accepted at:Northeastern, Boston University, Wentworth, Illinois Tech

Common App · Personal Statement

Financial Economics +4

When life presents you with a moment too beautiful to last, what would you do?

First genImmigrant family

Seller attendsUMBC

Accepted at:Texas A&M, UMBC, Santa Clara, San Francisco Bay University

Common App · Personal Statement, Intellectual vitality · Supplement, +2 more

Computer Science

The New York Subway regularly experiences 20-second delays. Multiplied over two billion rides a year, these delays add…

Seller attendsMichigan (Ann Arbor)

Accepted at:Michigan (Ann Arbor), Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, University of Washington, Georgia Tech, +1 more

UC · Personal Insight Question

Electrical Engineering +2

I love creating through computer programming or little computer-related projects in my free time.

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine

Why-school · Supplement, Community / Identity · Supplement, +1 more

Computer Science + Informatics

“API…NLP…SDG…” Technical jargon ran through the back of my mind like flies I couldn't swat away.

Seller attendsUT Austin

Accepted at:NYU, UT Austin, Baylor, Case Western, Purdue, +3 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Computer Science

I’ve learned that innovation means little if it never reaches the people who need it most.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement, Activity / Extracurricular · Supplement, +1 more

Computer Science + Bioengineering

My grandma’s gum disease went completely unnoticed until she lost every tooth, later causing heart complications.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +2 more

Artificial Intelligence

The first time I tried running my Oralytics oral-health model on shaky, hand-captured images, everything broke.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement, Short answer, +3 more

Symbolic Systems

I watched people through security cameras, studying their behavior like Goodall studied chimpanzees.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

University of Washington

UC · Personal Insight Question

Computer Science

“Why’s it bleeding?” I asked while glancing at the faint red swirl on the sink under Dad’s toothbrush.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Accepted at:UC San Diego, UC Irvine

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University of Washington

Common App · Personal Statement

Computer Science +1

My mom’s voice slapped me as she stared at the pan of sizzling cumin seeds.

Seller attendsUniversity of Washington

Accepted at:Purdue, UIUC, University of Washington, CalPoly, Georgia Tech, +2 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +2 more

Computer Science

Suddenly, the string snaps. I'd been practicing guitar for a few hours when the high E broke mid-solo.

Immigrant familyLow-income

Seller attendsUT Austin

Accepted at:UT Austin, Texas A&M

UC · Personal Insight Question

Computer Science +1

I read Virginia Woolf years after it happened, but a line of hers stayed with me: a woman needs a room of her own.

International studentStudent athlete

Seller attendsUC Berkeley

Accepted at:UC Berkeley

Common App · Personal Statement

Computer Engineering +1

I used to believe ghosts only lived in stories. But mine wears a cotton sari, lies in a narrow bed, and whispers my…

Immigrant familyWorked through school

Seller attendsPurdue

Accepted at:Purdue, UIUC, Michigan (Ann Arbor), Texas A&M, NYU, +1 more

Common App · Personal Statement, Why-school · Supplement, +1 more

Computer Science

Engineering, to me, is reimagining systems:human, mechanical, everything in between.

First genLow-income+1

We are interested in learning more about the…, Tell us about a time you learned something new and…, +5 more

Computer Science

The first drop of water fell on my lake the moment I clicked on a YouTube workout video.

QuestBridge ScholarLow-income+2

Common App · Personal Statement

Computer Science

It was 6:27 P.M. on a sunny June evening in 2019—three more minutes.

Immigrant family

Seller attendsPenn State

Accepted at:Temple, Drexel, Maryland, Penn State

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How to read these

Most include a Common App personal statement, and many also carry a why-school supplement. That second part is the useful one. Computer science is the field where the largest number of applicants arrive with the same stated interest, so the piece of writing that separates two similar transcripts is often the one about a specific department.

Read the supplements first here. They are shorter, they are more concrete, and they show what an admitted applicant found worth naming about a program they had not attended yet.