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I'm assuming most colleges will need the common app essay but I see people mentioning supplemental essays, are those specific to each school?

Hey guys,

I am going into my senior year of high school and go to pretty good high school in Illinois. My goal is to go to university of Michigan for a major in political science and minor in English. …

I am an Asian-American, and I decided to answer prompt 1 in the common app. I know talking about my identity, especially in this demographic, is extremely cliche, but I feel like my story is integral …

hi, im a rising senior and I’m thinking of applying ED to Duke and also considering applying to other schools like Wakeforest, Vanderbilt, Howard, etc.

My chances so far are (updated, they dropped)

- 18 …

Covid began for me in 8th grade and continued until the end of 9th grade. During that time, I basically did no Ec's (just did poetry on the side but no competitions or anything.), even though my grad …

I have worked at this restaurant for 3 years and manager for 2 1/2 years (will continue to do so).

Time:Average of 28 hours every week (School time)

Average of 40 hours every week (Summer time …

Hi, I'm a current junior who is really passionate about the environment, chemistry and politics. I have around a 3.7ish GPA/30-33 ACT (I've only taken mocks so far and my school doesn't have an open …

This might seem to be a very dumb question to ask. Please bear with me. Do we have to fill out all the prompts on the CommonApp? I apologize for asking such a basic question, but I am genuinely confus …

So, I'm applying to this selective mentee program (Girls Write Now) and I have to write 3 essays. I have already written 2 and had them reviewed many (many) times but I am stuck on the last one. Can y …

Hey there!

I'm a rising senior and I just wanted to know if my extracurriculars were a good enough writing spike for a T20! Thanks.

I want to major in Creative Writing/English at an ivy/T20, specificall …

Hello!

Do universities consider an EC from grade 4: I stood 1st in my entire city in International English Olympiad (IEO) in grade 4. Is that a remarkable achievement and is it worth mentioning as one …

I want to major in Creative Writing/English at an ivy/T20, specifically Dartmouth or Cornell. is this enough?

My ECS/Awards:

Scholastic National Silver Medalist

Georgia River of Words State Winner

8th in …

Hi! I want to start with some basics.

I'm currently a junior, I'm half south-american and half european, and I am interested in pursuing a fine arts major. I've been doing art for about 4 or 5 years an …

Hi!

So my new dream school is Dartmouth, and CV says I have a 27% chance of admission. I am thinking about applying early decision to Dartmouth (or Wharton or Duke), and I believe I have very strong ma …

Hi I am looking for football programs that are in Minnesota and that will help me improve my skill so I can be able to put that on my essay in college profile so do you guys know any program is that d …

Hi, I'm a senior who applied to colleges/universities from several different countries.

I'm not asking about a college in the U.S., so it might be irrelevant, but I thought why not?

I submitted an appli …

I am high-functioning autistic, and I've been doing some research about how this looks to colleges. I have found an almost even split between advice that says I should definitely add it to my applicat …

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According to this article, MIT is reinstating test mandates meaning that people who were planning on not submitting their ACT/SAT scores are now at a disadvan …

Hi!! I'm an upcoming junior applying to UCLA SON. what do you think my chancing would be and if you were on an admission team would you accept this? I'm also a Canadian high school student so most of …

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