Over 150 colleges and universities use the Coalition Application as part of their admissions process. Like the Common App, the Coalition App offers multiple prompts for high school seniors to choose from when writing their personal statements. Good news: the Coalition App prompts are the same this year as in 2019-2020!

Want help with your Coalition App essay? Whether you’re looking for feedback on a draft you’ve already written or whether you haven’t even started, Prompt is here to help you with every stage of the writing process.

Coalition App Prompts 2020-2021

1. Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
2. Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
3. Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
4. What is the hardest part of being a student now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
5. Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.

How should you approach your Coalition App personal statement?

• We’ve written an article and included links to our free brainstorming tools to help you get started. (Hint: it’s not how you might think!)
• There is no strict word count for this essay, but the Coalition App highly recommends that your personal statement be between 500 and 550 words. Going above 650 words will not improve your chances, and may in fact hurt them.