Applicants will respond to three essay prompts directly within their application:
Professional Essay (200-400 word limit): How do your current academic interests, professional goals, and strengths fit with your requested major in Gies Business? In what ways do you hope to explore areas of growth and develop professionally?
Personal Essay (200-400 word limit): Unrelated to academics or business, what do you value? Describe an experience that has helped shape your personal values. What did you learn from this experience and how do these values show up in your actions?
Engagement essay (200-400 word limit): During your first year in college, in what ways were you significantly engaged either on- or off-campus, how were these engagements meaningful to you, and what have you learned from these experiences? This could be related to a part-time job, a student club/organization, volunteer/community work, family responsibility, or any other non-classroom activity.
Additional Considerations
Additional considerations prompts (200 words or less): You should answer one or more of the following prompts as they may pertain to you:
Explanation of low grades and/or circumstances that affected your academic performance.
Explanation for not completing one or more required courses prior to the end of this spring semester.
Explanation and description of college credit that is not yet on your UIUC academic record.
Description of unique, personal information that you would like the admission review committee to consider during the review process.
Optional Prompt – Did you work during the school year? If yes, provide a description of your job and indicate the number of hours you worked per week or per semester.
