The Common Application has announced its essay prompts for the 2019-20 application cycle, with no changes to the prompts from this past year.  Interested students can review this announcement here.

It should be emphasized that current juniors should NOT feel any pressure to begin working on their essays until the summer, as their focus should be on their course work and any test prep they plan to undertake.  However, simply knowing what the prompts are may help students consider different approaches and ideas over the course of the next few months.