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I will graduate with over 25 college courses and about 20 honors courses completed. My gpa is a 3.1 but I still have time to boost that as I am a junior taking only college classes. Do I still have ch …

So basically before I graduated (I took a gap year) my counselor quit and then the counselor that replaced him also quit so I have basically no counselor to ask for a letter of rec. The only teacher I …

How many of you used it for an essay that was on your actual application?? Has anybody seen anything suspicious with it? What other info do you know about it?

I'm a junior in highschool and i don't really know anything about how applying, college essays or even college works. I've applied to some scholarships and started a little bit on the UC personal insi …

Hi everyone,

I was asked to write an essay on the topic: Describe an intellectual idea that has transformed your thinking. I am a bit confused about whether it is ideas on topics like Evolution & Natur …

I am struggling with my supplemental essays. I feel like my Carnegie Mellon essays are good, but when I submit them for review, I am told that I do not talk enough about myself. Do they only care abou …

I'm currently a sophomore in high school with a 4.0 GPA with a plan to take all honors with several AP classes throughout high school. My issue is I want to make my extracurriculars stronger.

My main …

I’m starting 9th Grade soon, so I still have 3 years until I graduate but I’m very eager to make the most out of the time I have left in High School. I would love to go to an Ivy League but my chances …

demographics:

asian-indian male in CA, socal area

intended majors: data science, stats, data analytics, applied mathematics

GPA: 3.85 UW/ 4.4 W, as of this post being created (should go up significantly …

RISD is my dream school, but unfortunately, my chances aren't looking too good due to my grades. What type of essay or things in my portfolio could increase my chances of getting in?

Hey guys, so I currently have a 3.3 GPA and im in my Sophomore year at Penn State, (I'm finishing up my last two semester at PSU and then applying to UPenn... Is this a good decision to make? I know t …

I used to get them, but after four years of therapy, I have not had one in three. The main reason for that is that I found a passion: anthropology. Naturally, I made all that the central topic of my p …

On the advice for writing essays on the college-specific admissions, it says "Recent experiences are preferred as they better represent who you are today." I really want to do a collection of stories …

My essay is about my passion in videography so something related to cameras or film would be good. I'm having a hard time coming up with something.

For my college application I don't see a place to write down all of my extracurriculars, but there is an "activities" section--formatted similarly to the essay prompts. Do I write this like a narrativ …

I wrote the following sentence in one of my college essays and wanted to know if I sound arrogant or condescending when saying this:

"I get great satisfaction in helping peers understand math concepts …

The prompt is as follows:

"At Illinois Tech our one-of-a-kind Elevate program empowers our students with not only academic classes in exciting majors, but also guaranteed hands-on experiences and perso …

I am a senior that is applying to Stanford or early action and I have gotten all the essay topics except for this one. I was actually writing about astronomy but I feel that it is to cliche. Is there …

Hello! I have a couple questions.

1. For supplemental essays such as the “why major?”, can we re-use the exact essay for different schools since they’re asking the same question or does each one have …

I am writing a PIQ with the prompt "Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced."

My essay revolves aroun …