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Hi, so I'm in sophomore year and I know this is too early for me to ask but because of my pneumonia and infections, I had to skip a lot of school last semester and even went to the ER. I had to take 2 …

I want to become more involved in literary/writing-based clubs and organizations, but my school is so small that NEHS is the only opportunity I have. I'm interested in writing competitions and essay s …

I'm currently a sophomore in high school and trying to put together my schedule for my junior year. I want to take 5 AP classes next year (we're allowed six every year): AP Language & Composition, AP …

They said that since I started the application in time, I can apply by 7th Jan midnight if i wish to. My essay was ready so I can but I am wondering whether they are actually going to consider my appl …

Does anyone have unique aspects of NYU that are little-known? I find it difficult to try 'why us' essays for a school so popular like NYU, in a city everyone wants to live in. Maybe specific labs (I'm …

I would to ask if it’s a good idea to form my why us as a day in my life at this college. Basically I formed it as if it was my schedule

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Will colleges misunderstand this or will i …

For context, I'm part of my school's newspaper and love journalism, but don't want to study it in college. I would like to write for my universities newspaper and was wondering if putting that in my ' …

UPDATE: Received the reply: they told me it is going to be reviewed in a few hours

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Hi. I'm a senior applying to Princeton in January.

I have recently learned that the more teacher's comments there are, the better the admission officers would view the graded written paper.

My graded …

Hi! I am a junior in hs looking to start writing some of my supplemental essays early. But I am aware that some supplemental essays change every year. Are there any supplemental essays that never chan …

Im writing my first essay for the application, with the prompt being: Please tell us why you are interested in attending Stanford OHS and why you are a good fit for our school's rigorous academic pro …

I procrastinated and I only have 2 days for the Columbia and Syracuse application. I don't have my essays and short essays done, what should I do?

Is there anyone here who has already done the Bryn Mawr Supplement Essay or is a Bryn Mawr Student? I'm having some trouble with understanding what the question is asking. It says "As you prepare to j …

hi! I've been struggling to come up with a topic for my college essay, and a topic I think would be good to talk about is my mental health, specifically my ed. my friend said this would be oversharing …

One essay prompt asks me to write about something that gives me great satisfaction. I wanted to write about my love for hiking which is something I do for fun. However, this doesn't relate to my major …

So my question is that in "why major" essays, is it good/bad to mention how your parents' jobs influenced you? Personally, I wanted to pursue a biochemistry major because my dad has a Ph.D. in the sam …

I am midway in submitting my common app application. I am not able to afford a paid counsellor

can anyone please help with it.

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I am an International Student from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I am currently on a gap year and I am applying to universities in the States for engineering and economics. For my high school, I took t …

I'm on my way to editing final drafts. But I am stuck! Do I write about sports, that I coach and started a club in my school, Or write about my independent medical research/study? I am trying to answe …

On the senior secondary Leaving Examinations section of the common app, I am only allowed to put in one subject and grade for each leaving exam. However, I did nine subjects under one exam. So how am …