Application Essay Examples
Reading a few successful application essays can be useful for writing your own, so many thanks to our recipients who have volunteered to share their essays with future Wesleyan applicants. (Wesleyan login is required to view the essays.)
Note: All these documents are within the word/page limit, but because some of them are shared as Google docs, they may display differently.
Watson Fellowship
- Cate Levy '24
- Dylan Campos '24
- Livia Cox, '22
- Momi Afelin '19
- Justin Kim '19
Fulbright Study/Research Awards
- Graduate Degree Enrollment (Maritime Archaeology) - Israel - Nick Bowman '23
- Research (Astrophysics) - Denmark - David Vizgan '21
- Research (Medical Sciences) - Spain - Amad Amedy '19
- Graduate Study (Physics) - Finland - Abe Kipnis '19
- Creative and Performing Arts (Creative Writing) - South Korea - Jed Munson '19
- Research (Interdisciplinary Studies) - Norway - Mira Guth '18 (Mira has agreed to share the personal statement with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email her using your Wesleyan email.)
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Awards
- Joanna Paul '18
- Simon Worth '24
- Anna Tjeltveit '23
- Emily McDougal, '23
- Margalit Katz, '22
- Alexandra Prendergast '22
and , Taiwan - Lupita Sanchez '20
and , Spain - Katie Murray '19
, - Emma Porrazzo '19
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Eli Siegel-Bernstein '25 has agreed to share his CLS application materials with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email him using your Wesleyan email.
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Eli Siegel-Bernstein '25 has agreed to share his Boren application materials with prospective applicants on an individual basis. Please email him using your Wesleyan email.