The Coalition application

 The Coalition for Access  & Affordability is a  group of nearly 100 universities that  pledge to make education more affordable. All coalition schools  offer either   subsidized  in- state tuition or have need blind admission policies.

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Coalition for Access & Affordability

 The application  has the same components as  the common ap and includes recommendations , transcripts and an essay

 The essay promps for  the 2016-17 application are:

• Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
• 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.
• Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
• 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)?

   and I will discuss thes individually  later on.