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None of my schools require nor recommend it...should I still take it?

I have gotten two reviews recently (on two different essays) that gave very short comments, said everything was excellent, and did not highlight anything. The most recent essay was a first draft so I …

How do I start writing a college essay and what about?

I worked in a family restaurant for ten years now. Because of this, I haven't done many notable extracurriculars. Should I write about this in my additional information slot? If so, should I write it …

I've only just started on my UChicago supplemental essay and am confused about what to write. Would it be better to pick one of the prompts offered or write about my own prompt? Furthermore, how shoul …

After submitting my common application, could I change my essay so it would fit the other school I’m applying for?

Say I apply to college x and I submitted my application already , could I change my ap …

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I am an international student, applying to Princeton University. One of the requirements there is to upload graded written paper from English class. I have one essay I really like, but it is in …

So in an essay for a competitive award that I wrote I mentioned being part of a specific ethnic group. As in “as a member of an ethnic group that was...”. Do I need to mention the specific ethnic grou …

I used my common app essay to talk about my academic interests and why I'm passionate about them, but now things are a little tricky for me. A few of the supplements I have to write ask me why I'm int …

Hi everyone! Recently on my dashboard, I saw that an essay I sent for review was rated in the top 16% for the reviewer. What exactly does this mean? I don't see a feature to rate essays when I'm revie …

Sometimes you need 20 karma and sometimes you need 10 to submit an essay. Right now its 20 karma and I keep refreshing to see if it will change. Today is only my second day on collegevine so does anyo …

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I wrote an eleven page paper for English class last year. It is an essay about a topic I am very passionate about, but it exceeds the recommended length. I was wondering if I can submit a coupl …

Some of these supplemental prompts seem like traps intended to encourage repetition.

Right now I'm working on Pomona's application, which has three culture & diversity prompts. I'm not applying to Bro …

I would like to be able to choose how many reviewers I get for each draft. How can I do that?

I am high school senior. I am applying for Fall 2021

For example each para in the common app essay starts with a year "2010", "2015". Is this allowed?

This is the first time it has happened to me and I have been waiting around a day for the review so I am confused what it means when I have 0/0 hours left which usually gives a report delay button but …

I recently clicked on someone's essay to provide feedback only to realize that it was the same essay I had previously read the day before, only they had changed a few parts so I didn't recognize the i …

College Vine's current calculations are based on the assumption of average letters of recommendation (for that school) and average essays. Is there a way to gauge the scope of benefit from a good essa …

I want to write an essay about the religious trauma I went through since I grew up in the church and how I escaped the internalized fear modern Christianity planted in me

I currently have a gpa of 3.4 and i’m applying to Boston University Early Decision. My regular gpa is well under average because BU avg gpa is 3.7, however, my senior grade for the first marking perio …