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Supplemental essays

1. This essay is optional. You may use this space to describe any academic challenges you have faced, your preparation for success in your academic and career objectives or any additional information that you would like to have associated with your application. You may also use this space to explain any discrepancies in your academic history that you believe are not representative of your potential for academic success.· ~500 words
2. OHIO’s College of Business students are both academically prepared and engaged in a hands-on, applied learning experience. Rigorous academics matter in our College of Business, but we also value our students’ contributions beyond GPA. We want to understand your leadership potential and how you’ll engage as a student in OHIO’s College of Business. So, in addition to the qualifications present in your academic materials, how has your academic, extracurricular, community service or work experience shaped and prepared you to succeed in OHIO’s College of Business?· ~600 words
3. Applicants to the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism are encouraged, though not required, to submit an essay detailing how you want to help shape the future of journalism.· ~600 words
4. Please explain why you have chosen your particular program of study.· ~600 words
5. We expect that one reason you seek a tutorial education is for the one-on-one interaction with faculty, but other than that, what interests you about pursuing a tutorial-based undergraduate education? What aspects of your education and life experience have prepared you for a tutorial education with its emphasis on research and creative activity?· ~600 words

Copied verbatim from the school's official admissions page (2025-26 cycle).