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Lafayette Supplemental Essays
— The Class of 2026 Guide —
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Start your Supplemental Essay Success below by previewing this guide’s three sections:
Information ⋄ Inspiration ⋄ Innovation
Discover strategies designed by an Ivy Alum and over three hundred success stories!
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— Supplemental Essay Prompts —
Through Guide Section 1 of 3—Information—explore this college’s supplemental essay prompts for Class of 2026 applicants, along with this college’s Supplemental Styles to streamline your essay-building process!
Supplemental Length
200 Word Maximum
Supplemental Style
College & Curriculum
Supplemental Essay Prompt 1
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— Lafayette University Prompt 1 —
Students identify Lafayette as an excellent fit for countless reasons. In your response, be deliberate and specific about your motivation for applying to Lafayette. Why Lafayette?
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Supplemental Essay Information
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Supplemental Strategy
Class of 2026 Applicants
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Insider Information
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— Supplemental Essay Strategy —
Streamline your supplemental essay process with our Supplemental Strategy—and bring Lafayette within your reach!
Throughout our Supplemental Essay Guides, we provide clarity through our Supplemental Essay Styles. The Styles streamline the entire supplemental essay-building process—and create more success stories.
Streamline your application process with the Supplemental Style Strategy—upgraded for Class of 2026 Students who dream of studying at Lafayette University!
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— Supplemental Essay Examples —
Through Guide Section 2 of 3—Inspiration—read Successful Supplemental Essays from our Accepted Alumni! Discover ideas that stand out to admissions at Lafayette, and find inspiration for your own success story.
Accepted Alumni
Essay Example
Supplemental Style
College & Curriculum
Supplemental Essay Example
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Featured Supplemental Essay Prompt For Lafayette University Applicants:
Students identify Lafayette as an excellent fit for countless reasons. In your response, be deliberate and specific about your motivation for applying to Lafayette. Why Lafayette? 200 Word Maximum.
Successful Supplemental Essay Example From Our Accepted Alumni Student:
Singing has always been my refuge. Speaking, my channel for connections. Listening, my ear for the delicate yet welcome dissonance that discussions bring.
For me, Lafayette would help blend the melodies of both learning and experiences into lifelong song.
Harmonizing an unmatchable interdisciplinary perspective with unique service work and programs abroad, Lafayette would push me to think critically and learn—both inside course discussions and outside classroom walls. I was incredibly inspired by the warm and collaborative environment I saw during my Lafayette visit. I look forward to engaging discussions, from Lafayette’s First Year Seminars to advanced coursework like Cross-Cultural Psychology. Being Asian American, I will be able to diversify the conversation and help connect across barriers.
If given the opportunity to join Lafayette’s collaborative community, I would love to expand my worldview, while also engaging with peers—through Cadence, Student Government, volunteering for The STEM Initiative, and more. Through the EXCEL Scholars Program, I would be able to explore a new repertoire—by conducting hands-on research and collaborating with inspiring professors. And, as a first-generation college student, I believe Lafayette’s resources such as the ATTIC, academic advising network, and hands-on internships will strengthen my voice—not only in the classroom, but the world.
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— Supplemental Essay Strategy —
Through Guide Section 3 of 3—Innovation—learn success-proven methods to streamline your entire supplemental essay process. Our methods are designed by an Ivy Alum and 300+ student success stories!
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— Lafayette Application Upgrade —
From guiding hundreds of students, we know that your success story takes much more than one essay—especially in 2025.
We are passionate about helping students master the process from start to submission—and to have clarity and confidence at every step. That’s why our innovative guides are curated for Class of 2026 students with big dreams.
A successful Lafayette Application requires the Supplemental Essays you see above, and much more. Below, learn what success looks like—from start to finish.
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— Start-To-Submission Success —
Embrace our success-proven methods to build your application essays—and find inspiration to help you at every step.
During the Upgraded Process, College Application Phase Five is the time to embark on some of the most challenging yet rewarding college application components—the specific Supplemental Essays essential for most colleges.
During this phase, learn to master the process of crafting successful College-Specific Supplemental Essays—and bring more colleges within your reach!
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— Upgraded Application Process —
Start your admissions success story with methods built by our Ivy League Founder and over 300 student success stories!
Our success-proven Five Phases Application Approach helps students streamline the entire college application process through success-shaping frameworks and more opportunities for aligned action.
We are passionate about guiding students through our start-to-submission application approach—because success stories require much more than one essay.
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— Supplemental Essay Strategy —
Streamline your supplemental essay process with our Supplemental Strategy—and bring Lafayette within your reach!
Throughout our Supplemental Essay Guides, we provide clarity through our Supplemental Essay Styles. The Styles streamline the entire supplemental essay-building process—and create more success stories.
Streamline your application process with the Supplemental Style Strategy—upgraded for Class of 2026 Students who dream of studying at Lafayette University!
