Daily News | Want to get into Penn? Show a little gratitude - on an essay prompt
and grit has garnered widespread attention. “There’s less research on what the effect is on other people, but what little there is also suggests that it is beneficial.”Duckworth, winner of a MacArthur “genius grant,” was one of three rock-star-status Penn professors whom Soule consulted in developing the prompt.
Common App, which allows hundreds of thousands of students each year to fill out one form for more than 1,000 participating colleges, added an essay prompt on gratitude last year for the first time. With the nation still reeling from the pandemic,wanted to give students a way to focus on something heartfelt and positive in their lives and “spark some joy” in an otherwise challenging process, said Jenny Rickard, president and CEO of Common App and former admissions dean of Bryn Mawr College.
Every year, she joins the class in writing one, too. One year, she wrote to Seligman, a colleague, and shared it with him.At Central, one of the Philadelphia School District’s, Penn’s new prompt has generated conversation and welcomed reflection among counselors and students, some whom are planning to apply to Penn early decision, which carries a Nov. 1 deadline.
Brianna Hess, 17, said the essay prompt made her grateful for her entire community “because I could honestly write about anyone.” She’ll either choose her mom, who diligently toils to support the family, or her aunt, who cares for her sick grandmother, she said. And with anxiety among students at an all-time high, anything that can relieve that stress is welcome, she said.
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