2026-27 Cycle • 1 prompt

NYU supplemental essays.

Every NYU supplemental prompt for the 2026-27 cycle, with the word limit, what they're looking for, and the most common pitfalls.

1. Prompt 1: We would like to know more about your interest in NYU. What motivated you to apply to NYU? Why have you applied or expressed interest in a particular campus, school, college, program, and area of study?

   400 wordsrequired

   What they really want

   • If you picked a specific school (Stern, Tisch, Tandon), commit fully.
   • Use 'New York City' as setting for a specific plan, not the whole answer.

   Avoid

   • 'I want to live in New York' as the headline.
   • Listing NYU's three campuses (NY/Abu Dhabi/Shanghai) without context.