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CAN YOU PLEASE HELP¨ ME STRUCTURE MY COMMON APP ESSAY?

Basically, there are three factors and causes that I wanna talk about in my essay. 1/My parents were divorced when I was 7. After that, my mom, who didn't want me and my brother, decided to disappear …

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Is it worth the time to apply for the scholars program (requires an extra essay) at Ohio State if my GPA isn’t competive

I am interested in the scholars program. It says it’s highly selective but does not have a minimum requirement to apply. Does anyone have insight to this? How many applicants apply and get in? I am ru …

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3 years ago
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Should I talk about gaming in my college essay?

I am a leader in an association of 38 members in a mobile game I play. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to talk about this as an example of my leadership? As the president I also run a discor …

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3 years ago
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Bad vs No Honors College Essay

I am applying to UNC Early Action out-of-state. I am running out of time, so I am focusing on shortening my personal statement and the second required supplement.

Would it be better for me to submit a …

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3 years ago
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Will I be notified when my essay is done being reviewed?

I am a senior and am running out of time with my essay.

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3 years ago
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Essay review livestream query

How can I submit my essay for review to Elias in today's session as there's no link available in the description ?

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3 years ago
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How to write essays and applications for admission in MIT and to select in Yale summer program?

Respected Experts I'm student of grade 11 in India. I recently came to know about MIT and Yale summer program. I'm passionate to work in NASA and to work there a good degree is needed. I'm not having …

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3 years ago
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Is writing about my unique family a good common app personal essay topic?

I am a senior in highschool and I was wondering if writing about my unique family would be a good common app personal essay topic (Prompt 1?)? I have over 20 family members who all live within 20 minu …

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3 years ago
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How creative I can be for Stanford note to future roommate essay?

Hi,

For my Stanford note to future roommate essays, I have anxiety that mine is too risky or unacceptable.

I researched that it is good to be creative and humorous ( and I even read some examples in li …

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3 years ago
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Do you have to join an activity you write in an essay?

So I'm responding to a supplement essay asking how I will contribute to the community aka what clubs and activities I plan to join if I go to the school. So I was wondering if I'll be obliged to join …

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3 years ago
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Good or bad?

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If my high school doesn't offer extracurricular opportunities e.g. no sports program, should I mention it in an essay or additional info? Do you think admission officers would view my it in a …

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3 years ago
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Common App Essay Question

For the Common app essay, can you write something about a day in your life or something that you went through. Such as a daily routine, racism that you have been through, something that changed you, o …

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3 years ago
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Should I mention middle school in one of my short essays?

The question is asking how I learned from failure and I talked about i didn't get on the cheer team so I cofounded the sprit squad instead

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3 years ago
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ESSAY

Hi there,

If a college asks you to write about how their location would impact you, what are you supposed to write about? What is the sort of response they expect to see?

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3 years ago
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Is it cliche to write my common app personal essay about Football and how my injuries from it?

I am senior in highschool, and I am writing my common app personal essay. For my essay topic I was wondering if it was too cliche to write about football and how the injuries I sustained from led me t …

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3 years ago
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Can I write a college-specific essay about a similar topic as my Common App essay?

One of my schools requires an essay about a piece of literature that inspired you. For me, a particular poem came to mind. However, my common app essay is about how I discovered poetry (and the poem I …

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3 years ago
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Can I write my Commonapp essay in the format of a newspaper article?

Hi! I am a senior at a large public high school. For my Commonapp essay, I would like to do an unconventional structure. That being said, I was going to attempt to write my essay with a big headline a …

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3 years ago
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how do I cut 250+ words from an essay that has everything I want

my common app essay needs to be 650 words but I found myself hitting over 1,000, after doing some preliminary cuts I still find myself with 873 words but every single one is needed in my eyes. How do …

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4 years ago
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Common App essay topics

for my common app essay can I just write a personal story (like of one my fondest memories) or does it have to have some deep message/answer a question?

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4 years ago
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Will college admissions officers have bias when reading my essay?

So I'm writing my personal statement, and I was wondering if having an unpopular opinion might make my essay less effective if the admissions officers disagrees or is biased. Specifically, I'm writing …

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