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I am an international student applying for early action before November 2021. Please suggest essay writing help counselors with paid services for Common app AND ApplyTexas.

The prompt is: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?

I kno …

So, in addition to the qualifications present in your academic materials, how has your academic, extracurricular, community service, or work experience shaped and prepared you to succeed in OHIO’s Col …

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Over the last month, I've been working on my Common App essay, and I've written about board games and how playing games with my family has helped me bond with them and taught me b …

I am going to be a junior this year and was wondering if anyone had any good advice on writing college essays. I have no idea where to start and was looking for some help or guidance. I am looking to …

If any one has seen the supplemental essay, there are short answers and fill in the blank responses. I don’t know if we have to do both of them?

Editing my Essay

I heard the essay opens on August 1 but I still can’t find it.

Currently I'm writing my personal statement about where I used to play the cello and I used to continue to mess up during performances and I would lose track of my thinking because of the pressure, a …

Is it a good idea to write in my CommonApp essay about my experience of being transgender person and LGBT activist (i have meaningful ec's about it) in a homophobic country? It's the biggest struggle …

I am going to be a high school senior and working on some of my college application essays. The University of Illinois has supplemental shorter essays specifically asking about your intended major and …

I recently took AP Lang and was able to write and continually edit my personal growth common app essay. I wrote it about the terrible experience I had presenting an event for a club I participate in, …

I'm writing a common app essay on prompt 3-Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?

I decided to challenge the idea that …

There are many supplement essay questions and it doesn’t specify how many topics to pick.

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I am a rising senior living in Thailand. I am trying to start my college essays as soon as possible, but as most of you know, it is kind of hard trying to come up with sufficient and interesting i …

I am currently a senior in high school and I am trying to get into the University of Oregon, WSU Pullman, or ASU which are heavily competitive schools. If you have any tips to make my essay stand out …

I was just going to get started on my supplemental essays to Amherst and some other schools, but some college YouTuber I was watching just said that Amherst updates and makes supplemental essay topics …

I moved here from India 3 years ago and the place I grew up is extremely important to me. I really want to write about that but since I'm Asian American, an immigrant story would be too cliche. I want …

Hello! I'm going into my senior year and I've registered to retake the SAT (I got a 1340 in April). I want to purchase my previous test booklet but am unsure if I would receive the QAS (question-answe …