Admissions Advice

Is there any way to get a professional from college vine to review my essay? Would I need Karma?

Also, will submitting my essay for review affect when I submit my essay to the common app because of the …

Hi there, just wondering if there's a way to see a reviewer's 1-10 rating and/or the three traits they listed to describe you. I've reviewed a bunch of essays and always answered those questions, but …

I want to use the essay review tools/submit my essay for review on the stream tonight, but someone brought up potential plagiarism—should I be worried/not submit my essays to these platforms? I come f …

So I am doing prompt 6 of the common app and I am thinking if astrology is a unique prompt that most people will not do. And this is something that actually cultivates my interest. Thank you!

I'm a rising junior writing a few essays and I wanted to fix any possible plagiarism that might come up in them. I've used the program TurnItIn in the past for AP Seminar, and it was really helpful. A …

So I want to get a head start on my essays over summer but I do not know if schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth reuse there supplemental essay prompts. I am aware common app does an …

Hello! After weeks of trying to figure out what my topic would be about, I finally decided on something that changed my life and allowed me to experience it differently. This was photography and I rea …

Hello, I'm a rising senior and have been stressed about the common app process since I started high school. I feel like I have nothing to write about and I fear that I won't be able to stand out to th …

I have low grades and AP classes are not available in our area. I have good extracurricular activities e.g i am a national level participant in handball, i have good essays, letters of recommendation …

I finished my common app essay about my ethnicity and how it sort of defines me in a way, but was told that this topic was overused and washed out. Is this true? Do I need to write about something els …

If I take the sat with the essay, do colleges have to see the essay portion?

I am going to be a senior next year and I have take the ACT once (without the essay) and I have not taken the SAT at all. I am planning on registering for ACTs and SATs, but I do not know if I should …

Hello! I'm applying to Harvard a school that values community and leadership. In my personal essay i have spoken on my impact on community, but in my supplementary essay i have two main option. I can …

Hi so I'm applying to pretty prestigious schools and i would like to expand my extracurriculars in therms of things i can do not really school clubs. My main passion has to do with supporting womens' …

I plan to apply to Boston university and NYU. By how many percent(approximately) can my CommonApp essay and recommendation letters affect my chances of getting in?

I have decided to write my Common App essay about music, and how it has connected me to my family and helped me get through hard times in my life. Is this a good topic? I have heard that a lot of peop …

So for my college app I plan on writing on a website I coded, but that website is no longer up and running. I really want to write about it because it helps describe a problem I solved, but I don't wa …

I know this may be a dumb question, but I cannot for the life of me find where I can review other peoples essays.

I am a rising senior currently working on college applications. I have two ideas for my coalition/common app essay. The first one is about my dad's death when I was five and how it taught me the value …

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I am considering writing an essay about my challenge of the notion you can't be gay and Christian through personal experiences. However, I am concerned that there may be a stigma against my applica …