Application Essay Examples
Reading a few successful application essays can be useful for writing your own, so many thanks to our recipients who have volunteered to share their essays with future 911±¬ÁÏÍø applicants. (911±¬ÁÏÍø login is required to view the essays.)
Note: All these documents are within the word/page limit, but because some of them are shared as Google docs, they may display differently.
Watson Fellowship
- Cate Levy '24
- Dylan Campos '24
- Livia Cox, '22
- Momi Afelin '19
- Justin Kim '19
Fulbright Study/Research Awards
- Graduate Degree Enrollment (Maritime Archaeology) - Israel - Nick Bowman '23
- Research (Astrophysics) - Denmark - David Vizgan '21
- Research (Medical Sciences) - Spain - Amad Amedy '19
- Graduate Study (Physics) - Finland - Abe Kipnis '19
- Creative and Performing Arts (Creative Writing) - South Korea - Jed Munson '19
- Research (Interdisciplinary Studies) - Norway - Mira Guth '18 (Mira has agreed to share the personal statement with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email her using your 911±¬ÁÏÍø email.)
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Awards
- Joanna Paul '18
- Simon Worth '24
- Anna Tjeltveit '23
- Emily McDougal, '23
- Margalit Katz, '22
- Alexandra Prendergast '22
and , Taiwan - Lupita Sanchez '20
and , Spain - Katie Murray '19
, - Emma Porrazzo '19
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
(Russian) - Nate Kianovksy '27
Eli Siegel-Bernstein '25 has agreed to share his CLS application materials with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email him using your 911±¬ÁÏÍø email.
Boren Scholarship
Eli Siegel-Bernstein '25 has agreed to share his Boren application materials with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email him using your 911±¬ÁÏÍø email.