Prepare an admission essay describing how COVID-19 has impacted your pathway to graduate school. Include an explanation if you faced any academic barriers.

Admission Essay

Prompt:

Describe how COVID-19 has impacted your pathway to graduate school.

Consider the following in your response:

Academic: Were you able to interact with your professors? Did you have to leave an academic program stateside or abroad? Did your school require you to move to pass/fail grading systems? Did your GRE exam get cancelled or delayed? Other academic barriers?

Professional: Did you hold a job? Did have to seek new job opportunities? Did you lose a job? Other financial or professional barriers that you faced?

Personal: Did you have to move out of a house or dorm? Did you have to cancel travel plans? Did you modify your planned experiences related to healthcare or volunteer opportunities? Did you seek out volunteer opportunities that arose from the crisis? Did you assist any family or community members that were affected?

Prepare an admission essay describing how COVID-19 has impacted your pathway to graduate school. Include an explanation if you faced any academic barriers.
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