Common App
Common App
Common App: Intellectual Vitality
An opinionated review for ideas-led essays: curiosity, self-directed inquiry, visible reasoning, revision, and open questions.
An opinionated review for ideas-led essays: curiosity, self-directed inquiry, visible reasoning, revision, and open questions.
6 scored dimensionsScore range: 0–5Word count: 250–650
Scoring Dimensions
1The Question Driving the Essay
2Why You Kept Thinking About It
3What You Did on Your Own
4How Your Thinking Works
5Where You Changed Your Mind
6The Question You Carry Forward
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