Covid-19 Has Infected the Coalition Application!

Written By Jason Robinovitz

Covid-19 and the coalition applicationIn our recent blog, Covid-19 Has Infected the Common App!, we discussed the Common App’s Covid-19 essay prompt. Since then, the Coalition App released its own Covid-19 essay prompt:

the new coalition application Covid-19 prompNatural disasters and emergency situations like COVID-19 pandemic have impacted the lives of many students and their families. While entirely optional, you may share information here regarding how any of these events have affected you or your family circumstances. Please provide any additional information you would like to share regarding how these events have affected you or your family. (300 words, maximum)

should I respond to the Covid-19 essay prompt on the coalition application?The Coalition App’s Covid-19 prompt has a higher maximum number of words – 300, versus 250 for the Common App’s prompt. Both are optional and essentially identical in what they seek to elicit. Therefore, the strategies we discussed for deciding whether or not to respond to the Common App’s Covid-19 prompt, and whether or not to write about Covid-19 in that app’s Personal Statement/Essay space, hold equally for the Coalition App.

 

Jason Robinovitz

As an active member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, and the Secondary School Admission Test Board, Jason Robinovitz is part of a professional network of admission directors, educators, psychologists and other educational consultants. Additionally, Jason is a founding member of the National Test Prep Association, the first non-profit industry group for test prep professional nationwide.

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