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  1. How to Write the University of Wisconsin Madison Essays 2023-2024

    1. Highlight your authentic reasons for wanting to attend the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 2. Highlight your authentic reasons for wanting to study your major of choice. The word "authentic" above is very important—one of the biggest mistakes students make in this type of essay prompt is writing a generic essay that could just as ...

  2. Prepare Your Essay

    Prepare Your Essay. Your application is a lot like a resume, with dry lists of dates, grades, and achievements. But the essay is different. It's your opportunity to shine through. Your UWs want to hear about the whole you — from the little victories, stumbles, and lessons learned to what makes you excited for college and life after high school.

  3. Required Application Materials and Documents

    Electronic payment is preferred. If you apply using the Universities of Wisconsin Application, the fee can be paid by check or money order, drawn on a bank located in the United States and payable to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Send the check or money order to the Office of Admissions and Recruitment. Please include the applicant's ...

  4. Apply as a First-Year Student

    Application Fee. The application fee is $70.00 US and is non-refundable. Electronic payment is preferred. If you apply using the Universities of Wisconsin Application, the fee can be paid by check or money order, drawn on a bank located in the United States and payable to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  5. Application Essays

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  6. Apply to UW-Madison

    Apply to UW-Madison. Any student interested in applying as an undergraduate to the University of Wisconsin-Madison must submit an online application. Additionally, each type of applicant will be required to submit additional required materials by our deadlines in order to complete the application and be reviewed for admission.

  7. Before you begin: useful tips for writing your essay

    For this reason, leave yourself time to proofread and enlist the help of others to make sure that your essay is clearly written and error-free. Read through our "Get more help with your statement" page for more information about soliciting advice from others. Before you start writing, keep these principles in mind: Less is more That is, you ...

  8. Frequently Asked Questions

    For your statement, choose the details that you want to highlight in order to best answer the question at hand. The application itself may provide you with a chance to give detailed educational and job history. Stories about how one became interested in a particular field might reference experiences as far back as grade school.

  9. Tips for Writing a Better Essay

    ESSAY BASICS. Write your essay in a program like Microsoft Word or Google Docs so you can simply copy and paste it into your online application. Keep your essay between 250 and 650 words (UW-Madison requires all essays to strictly follow these guidelines). Ask a friend or teacher to look for inconsistencies, grammatical mistakes, and typos.

  10. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Supplemental Essays 2023-24

    He is a co-author of the books The Enlightened College Applicant (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) and Colleges Worth Your Money (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). The 2022-23 University of Wisconsin-Madison supplemental essay offers applicants a chance to improve their admissions chances at UW-Madison.

  11. How to Write the University of Wisconsin Madison Supplemental Essays

    University of Wisconsin Madison Supplemental Essay Prompt #2. Tell us why you decided to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, please include why you are interested in studying the major(s) you have selected. If you selected undecided, please describe your areas of possible academic interest. (650 words max)

  12. How to Ace the University of Wisconsin-Madison Essays

    Q2 — Ace the "personal statement" essay by focusing it on your very best high school experiences. What about the other UW Madison essay? Well, that depends on which application you use: If you choose to apply to the University of Wisconsin through the Common App, you'll have to submit a personal statement and activities list.

  13. Madison Undergraduate College Application Essays

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  14. University of Wisconsin-Madison 2023-24 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide

    As soon as the 2024-25 prompts beomce available, we will be updating this guide -- stay tuned! The Requirements: 1 essay of 650 words (or less) Supplemental Essay Type (s): Why. Tell us why you would like to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, please include why you are interested in studying the major (s) you have selected.

  15. What We Look For in Our Applicants

    The University of Wisconsin-Madison received authorization from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to waive the requirement for first-year applicants to submit an ACT or SAT test score as a part of their application to the university through the spring 2027 term. During this time, including scores from either the ACT or the ...

  16. Get more help with your essay

    UW-Madison students can visit the Writing Center for an individual appointment —either in person or online. Writing Center instructors are trained to work with students seeking help with personal statements and see dozens of students applying to graduate school every semester. Since UW Madison's Writing Center instructors are graduate ...

  17. Why UW Madison Essay : r/UWMadison

    Why UW Madison Essay. For anyone who is applying to the university, this is one of the hardest essays to write depending on your background and connection to the university. For the three of y'all that will search the subreddit and read this, here's my two cents. I am an out of state student who spent her entire life growing up going to Michigan.

  18. UW-Madison

    Admission consideration currently requires a minimum of 40 credits earned by the end of the fall semester of the application year; essay(s); resume; program application. ... Students must apply for admission to the traditional nursing program in addition to their application to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The application cycle runs ...

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    1. Stanford University (Not Required) 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Not Required) 3. Harvard University (Not Required) 4. University of California Berkeley (Not Required) 5. The...

  20. Writing Application Essays and Statements of Purpose for ...

    For those applying to masters and doctoral programs in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, or the arts, we'll explore principles for writing convincing application essays, share tips for highlighting your undergraduate work, and inspire you to make the most of this opportunity to shine. Sec. 1Tuesday 9/253:30-5:00 Sec. 2Wednesday 10/174:00-5:30 Sec. 3Monday 11/193:30-5:00

  21. Undergraduate Essay Competition on Ukraine

    Undergraduates from any year of study and from any discipline are encouraged to apply. Participating in this competition is a fantastic way to explore in depth a topic relating to Ukraine that interests you. Submissions should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words. The essays will be judged by an interdisciplinary committee of academics.

  22. Apply as a Transfer Student

    Application Fee. The application fee is $70.00 US and is non-refundable. Electronic payment is preferred. If you apply using the Universities of Wisconsin Application, the fee can be paid by check or money order, drawn on a bank located in the United States and payable to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  23. At Commencements, Protesters Deliver Messages in Many Ways

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and protesters reach a deal to end an encampment. ... That approach differed from one at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where administrators in early May ...

  24. Writing Cover Letters

    Cover Letter Example 2. Undergraduate sophomore applying for an internship with a non-profit, political organization. Cover Letter Example 3. Graduate student applying for a Project Assistant position at UW-Madison. The original job posting for this position can be found here. Cover Letter Example 4.