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Thank you for your interest in AMDA. Through your essays we hope to get to know you better. This is an important part of our admission process. Please use the form below to submit your essays.

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Personal Essays

Required for all BFA/BA/AOS/Certificate programs:

Describe a challenging experience in your life and what you learned from it. (500 word min)

Additional Requirement for BA programs:

Share an essay that you have already written for a school assignment. We would like to see your best work, so please share a piece that you are particularly proud of. Include a brief introduction to the paper that describes the assignment. (500 word minimum)
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