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I have to write an essay about why I need financial aid. I am so confused about what to write in it. Like it's just simple I can't afford it. Someone elaborate what I am supposed to write for 500 word …

While applying to NYU I put that I got awarded as a winner of an essay contest accidently (I didn't end up winning the award) when I had meant to put another honors award there. What should I do to fi …

Vassar's prompt:

Your Space is your opportunity to allow the Committee on Admission to learn something about you that you have not addressed in another section of the application. Your Space is entirel …

I got back a peer review for my essay, and she made highlights on my paper, but I can't see them. What do I do?

So I submitted two essays on here and time is running out, what happens if no one reviews them within 12 hours?

The research topic has to do with medicine but I haven’t done research on it. I am interested in the topic though since I am planning to enter the pharmaceutical field.

I choose this prompt for mu supplement essay. would it be better to stick with the ones I've already received or should I go for this question and my question being "what makes us human" would this qu …

I took courses online from edX, and one course that was particularly interesting was from MIT. I feel connected and it does give inspiration for me in studying the topic. Do I include this story menti …

I took the SAT several months ago and surprised both myself and my parents by scoring 1500. I have been homeschooled my whole life and am finally in my senior year of high school. However, since I s …

Is there any way for me to include the independent research work I've done on my application if it was for the class AP Research. Would it count as an activity cause it was technically done for a clas …

I'm applying to two universities through common app and both the majors are sort of different. one is communication and the other is in arts and design? what do I say on my personal essay to talk abou …

I'm really struggling with showing and not telling, so how you anyone suggest incorporating it into my essays? Using imagery is not my strong suit especially since what I write about are overall exper …

It would be for a school that instructs you to be creative when writing the supplements (Tufts), but the poem is still of amateur quality. It has a nice rhyme scheme, but I know that this is considere …

I am applying to Avery prestigious and selective award and it asks me and I quote “Which extracurricular commitment is most important to you and why?”.

The award is for community involvement and I’d e …

Hey I'm new to Collegevine. For the college essay reviews, we get 10 extra karma if we get a 5-star rating. So how soon do we know if the person rated it five stars?

Should I include it in my why Cornell essay? Or what if I don't get into the Milstein program? Will Cornell reject me because I only show interest in that specific program? Any advice on what you guys …

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I just finished my personal statement and I wanted to write something that is different from what you see and know about me so I wrote about my love for music. In my statement I included a …

So I was planning on writing a few college essays earlier on (11th grade) but I’m not sure if the college essays are the same or if they will change each year. Also, when do people usually write colle …

So there is this question which I need to write an essay about:

At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from ta …

Hi! I am senior in high school and this is one of the short answer question I have received. Can someone help me to write this? I have no idea how to tackle this question with this short word limit :3 …