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My dream school is Stanford, and my goal in life has been, up until this point, to get in. Would the following be a strong essay topic if tied to other parts of my application?

Finding My Voice: Writin …

so this is a stupid question but like. im applying to 2 universities. one has a prompt I need to answer for the personal essay. the other doesnt have any prompt at all so I can just submit one thru co …

hi. shoutout btw if youre the guy who reviewed my essay. thanks!

anyways so in my common app essay i tried to throw in an anaphora right. so basically i repeated "i loved..." like three times at the be …

i like my topic and i think it's pretty well written but i need extra eyes to tell me where it could be stronger or if it needs more editing. i just want a one time constructive critique. i have 30+ …

In New York, I got to breathe again.

Before that, I was suffocating, literally. My body was failing me before I even had a chance to live. I had an enlarged liver, my skin yellowing before I could take …

I’m a 10th grade student from Malaysia and I’m taking IGCSE next year, I mainly want to focus on strengthening my extracurricular this year but I’m not sure how to do it. My interest is in medicine, m …

In May, I had my A-level exams, so my school gave me permission to skip economics class. I accepted the offer, but it turns out my final grade for economics was 88, whereas in the previous semester it …

How often does plagiarism happen on this site? Would it be likely that someone else would steal my essay?

Students often wonder how to prepare for different exam formats. This guide explores the pros and cons of multiple-choice and essay questions, including strategies for success in each format.

I'm currently working on the third supplemental essay for Dartmouth. I'm planning to answer the prompt: what excites you? But I'm unsure what exactly to write about. My first idea was to write about c …

I am applying to the University of Michigan, and for my Common App essay, I am thinking about doing it on how I learned who I was as a person in middle school as I went from being homeschooled for ele …

i want you to help me with my Application Essay Writing

I know I’m super late to this but I’ve really been struggling trying to find a good topic to write my essay on. I’ve drafted some but I feel like they seem like sob stories. The prompts on the common …

I am beginning to start my essay and I want to know how i should do my essay, and will this help me get in if its really good.

I’ve written one common app personal essay and two college supplemental essays. I apply to colleges in less than a week and I’m worried that my essays aren’t good enough or unique. What are some tips/ …

So I've been working on my CommonApp essay and I've been planning to talk about how one of biggest interests in life is playing guitar or in general just breaking down songs by listening to them close …

I'm an international student applying from Bangladesh this year. Recently the country went through a political upheaval where a 15 year dictatorship was uprooted by a student led rebellion. I was at t …

I am wanting to be a law major in college(right now I'm a senior in high school) and I would want to do political science in undergad. My leading idea for a college essay right now is to talk about my …

Hi,

I'm going into my senior year which means writing my common app. One problem: I CAN'T PICK A TOPIC. Thus, I am here asking for opinions, are these too basic? Too boring?

1) Struggles with a chroni …

The Texas A&M Prompt is "Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?". Because Texas A&M doe …