Name

Campus Address

Permanent Address

E-Mail

Phone (area code, no dashes)

Track in English Major (check the one that applies)

English Literature

Creative Writing

Language, Media, and Communication

Theater

Please respond to the following questions as carefully as possible. You can either use the space provided on this application form or print your responses on a separate sheet of paper. You should also supply us with a sample of your critical writing—any essay that you think best shows your skills as a reader of literary texts, films, or other media. Students should submit their writing samples to the department administrator, as MSW documents, at this address: renee.heininger@rochester.edu.

1. List the English courses you have taken at Rochester (or another university, if applicable) with the name of the instructor and the grade you received.

2. Outside the English department, what is the most stimulating college course you have taken? Why?

3. Choose a book that you have read recently, one that you had a strong response to—either positive or negative—and describe how and why it you think it worked on you as it did.

4. In what ways would your participation in the English Honors Program serve your intellectual, personal, academic, or professional goals?