Louisiana State University

Essay prompts (1)

None required of a general applicant · the one below is program-specific

1. otherLSU's Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College who…2026-27600 words
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   Applicants to LSU's Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College who choose the "Ogden Honors College Essay" option to satisfy the required Honors writing sample. Not required of general LSU first-year applicants.

   The Ogden Honors College is looking for students who "choose to be challenged." Describe a time when you pursued something that wasn't required of you. What motivated you, and what did you learn about yourself in the process?

   This is the 2025-26 wording, carried over: Louisiana State University has not republished this prompt for 2026-27 yet. Schools usually post updates around the Common App opening on August 1; we re-check after that and change this text only against an official source.

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