April 21, 2005
Dear Faculty:
The admissions committee has been considering several initiatives to facilitate recruiting and retaining an intellectually lively, diverse and interesting student body. One proposal is to modify the application to incorporate a brief essay (200 words or less) that might provide more discriminating information. We are writing to solicit your input on the following questions. Please use the "Comments" link after each question to let us know what you like or don’t like about these potential questions, or if you have other suggestions. Thank you!
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Potential Question #1
Furman University is interested in fostering a diverse community. How might your presence at Furman contribute to this goal?
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Potential Question #2
If you were to imagine yourself as a car, what kind of car would you be, where would you be driving, and what would be on the radio?
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Potential Question #3
Write page 256 of your autobiography from the perspective of old age.
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Potential Question #4
Recently statements were made by the president of Harvard suggesting that perhaps women can't "do" math and science at the highest levels for genetic reasons. Speculate about what might underlie the relative lack of women in the sciences. Can you think of other instances where there are "lack of group X in profession Y" that you would consider analogous?
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Potential Question #5
Choose a favorite quotation and explain why it is important to you.
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