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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.

Hey,

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 …

I'm applying to OSU currently, and I've been thinking about answering this essay prompt:

Stan Lee once said, “If you're writing about a character… unless you give him vulnerability, I don't think he'll …

I'm applying to OSU currently, and I've been thinking about answering this essay prompt:

Stan Lee once said, “If you're writing about a character… unless you give him vulnerability, I don't think he'll …

Hi, I am a senior in high school. I have decided to ED to Northwestern because it is by far my favorite school. I have a 3.91 unweighted GPA, and a 4.62 weighted GPA with around 10 AP and 8 Honors cla …

I'm applying to the University of California system. In it, we have to write four "PIQs," which stand for personal insight questions. In my last PIQ (Option #7), I'm thinking about alluding to the pas …

I am Applying to Marquette University as a transfer student for Spring 2022 year and I have to write a essay about how is a great fit for me to finish college there. so any Marquette students can I he …

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hey guys, if I were to quote a few lines from a poem in my admissions essay to U Chicago and attribute it to the author, would that be ok? obviously it takes up space but that's fine with me, I'm just …

How do you find where you are rated as an essay reviewer?

Hello. I'm applying Early Decision, it's 3 days left until deadline.

I wrote an Additional Information with my personal challenge, translation problem (I'm an international student), and grading system …

Hello,

Over the past 3 years I have taught myself some of the Adobe apps (After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition) and consider myself adept if not experienced with using them. Should I includ …

I just graduated from high school.

-senior in high school

-safeties in particular are Iowa University and CU Boulder

Hello, I need advice.

I submit my college essay and there was an accidental punctuation error such as this:

" .?I realized my voice was essential.."

All of my other sentences were grammatically correct, …