Essay Prompts

Admission Essay requirements

Please submit one essay. Remember to keep within the 500­word maximum length.

Essay Topics

1. Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.

2. Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards

of making your contribution.

3. Has there been a time when you’ve had a long­cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your

beliefs?

4. What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part?

What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?

5. Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.

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Rob Cherof



Co-Founder & President at Rocket Camp

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer at BBDO Atlanta

Sr Partner at J. Walter Thompson

Account Executive at Fletcher Mayo & Assoc

Bachelor of Science (BS), Advertising 1979 – 1982

MaryAnne Golon



Director of Photography at The Washington Post

Professional Advisory Board at Photo Quest Adventures

Consulting Director of Photography and Multimedia at AARP

Professional Advisory Board Chairperson at Noor Images

BS, Journalism, English, Speech

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Chief Marketing Officer at (RED)

Associate Publisher at TRANSWORLD PUBLSIHING

VP-US Advertising Sales, Publishing and Marketing at Microsoft

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BA, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs 1979 – 1983

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Senior Project Developer at SolarCity

Project Developer at SolarCity

Managing Director, North America at Upsolar Global

Executive Advisor (Contract) at AES Distributed Energy

General Studies 1986 – 1989

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The best education from the best university – that is UF!

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I am proud to be a part of the Gator Nation.

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