Essay Topics

The purpose of the essay portion of the Loyola application is to give you the opportunity to make a personal statement and to demonstrate your creativity and ability to organize and express your thoughts. Please type your essay and include it as a part of your Application for Undergraduate Admissions.

Please remember to include your name, social security number, and the date on the paper. Please note that this essay will be used as an important document in scholarship consideration. In 500 words or less, write about one of the following topics:

• A significant amount of the university curriculum revolves around the process of considering “assumed truths” from alternative perspectives. Discuss a matter you once thought you knew “for sure,” that you have since learned to question. How has this changed you and the manner in which you approach particular situations?
• Generations are often labeled and described by the politics, fads, and challenges of their particular time period. What obstacles do you think your generation will face? How, in your opinion, will your generation deal with those issues?
• Due to advances in modern technology, we now have the ability to connect with more people than ever before. Some would argue,
  however, that we are connecting less with the people living in our communities as we plug into technology and tune out the world
  around us. Do you think technology has ultimately made us more or less connected? Explain why.
• Topic of your choice.