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

Levy personal statement and project proposal - Cate Levy '24

Campos personal statement and project proposal - Dylan Campos '24

Cox personal statement and project proposal- Livia Cox, '22

Afelin project proposal - Momi Afelin '19 

Kim project proposal - Justin Kim '19

Fulbright Study/Research Awards

Bowman short answers, statement of grant purpose, and personal statement - Graduate Degree Enrollment (Maritime Archaeology) - Israel - Nick Bowman '23

Vizgan statement of grant purpose - Research (Astrophysics) - Denmark - David Vizgan '21

Amedy statement of grant purpose - Research (Medical Sciences) - Spain - Amad Amedy '19

Kipnis statement of grant purpose - Graduate Study (Physics) - Finland - Abe Kipnis '19

Munson statement of grant purpose - Creative and Performing Arts (Creative Writing) - South Korea - Jed Munson '19

Guth statement of grant purpose - 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

Paul paragraph answers, statement of grant purpose, and personal statement, Germany - Joanna Paul '18

Worth statement of grant purpose, Madagascar - Simon Worth '24

Tjeltveit short answers, statement of grant purpose, and personal statement, Germany - Anna Tjeltveit '23

McDougal statement of grant purpose and personal statement, Argentina - Emily McDougal, '23

Katz statement of grant purpose and personal statement, Mexico - Margalit Katz, '22

Prendergast statement of grant purpose, Belgium  - Alexandra Prendergast '22

Sanchez statement of grant purpose and Personal statement, Taiwan - Lupita Sanchez '20

Murray statement of grant purpose and personal statement, Spain - Katie Murray '19

Porazzo statement of grant purpose, Taiwan,  - Emma Porrazzo '19

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

Zapf CLS application (Korean) - Mika Zapf, '25

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.