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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Essay types inside
- Common App · Personal Statement13
- Why-school · Supplement13
- Community / Identity · Supplement7
- UC · Personal Insight Question7
Where these writers got in
- UIUC5
- Georgia Tech4
- Purdue4
- Texas A&M4
- UC Irvine4
- UC San Diego4
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RR- Other supplement
We are interested in learning more about the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations, and accomplished your successes. Please describe how the most influential factors and challenges in your life have shaped you into the person you are today.
- Other supplement
Tell us about a time you learned something new and were excited to uncover more information about that topic.
- Short answer
- Why-school · Supplement
- Community / Identity · Supplement
- Other supplement
One of Rice's long-standing traditions is “The Box,” a question on our application where we ask all of our applicants, including students using the QuestBridge application, to share an image of something that appeals to them. Read more about The Box under the Rice supplement tab.
- Other supplement
Consider all of the ways you spend your time outside the classroom, and tell us about the thing that matters to you most and why.
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RRHow 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.