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I haven't written the actual essay yet, but I want to know if it's a good starting point or topic for me to write about. The opening line is: "Some people have butterflies in their stomachs; I have bu …

Essay 1

The persistent rain tapped against the window of my dorm room, a haunting reminder of the turmoil inside me. I was engulfed in silence, weighed down by a heavy sense of betrayal. My friends, on …

Hi, I'm a senior and I am currently working on my college essay, however, I need help with starting my essay with an interesting hook. I want to write about how k-pop, more specifically BTS and NCT, h …

so i am writing my personal statement (for the first prompt about background) that is about the intersection between science and religion in my life and i wanted to know if the structure of my essay i …

I'm starting to work on my college apps and my personal essay (through common app). Is it a better idea to use one of their basic prompts or write my own essay? The topic would be something I'm passio …

When writing my CommonApp essay, I want to include how a summer program at a university has impacted me. Should I include the university's name in the essay or keep it vague (and how to do so)?

I have run 100 miles every week for almost a year now and was wondering if this would make for a good college essay.

I used to get injured a lot because I was malnourished but once I got that sorted I …

Please complete a short essay (Less than 500 words) that describes what you want to major in and why. Include what you would like to do with your degree and how this scholarship will assist with your …

So I uploaded an essay for peer review 2 weeks ago. It said it was going to get back to me in 12 hours. It has been two weeks. I uploaded another essay a week ago and I still have not gotten it back. …

So I put my common app essay into GPT Zero and the thing said there's a 45% change it's all AI generated but I never used it. Everything I wrote are my ideas, I ddid have help with a essay turtor but …

I've started brainstorming ideas for my common app essay and writing extremely rough drafts. I'm just trying to get a feel for what I want to write about. Would anyone like to share what their topic i …

Pretty much exactly what the title says, I am a rising senior who is still clueless about my college essay. I don't know exactly what I am supposed to be showing in my essay. How did I grow as a perso …

Hello! I am a rising senior and I am prepping my essay prompt topics for the fall. I wanted my longer essay to center around my identity, specifically my locs. My locs are are huge part of African Ame …

i have a few ideas going into this summer as a rising senior and I am thinking of writing my essay on the following ideas, let me know if you have any more ideas and which one you like:

1) base it arou …

Hi, I am in the process of writing my personal essay, and a fact I want to mention in it is that my late Grandfather and I had the same first and last name. Am I allowed to include my name? I want to …

I am a Junior in high school and I'm just not sure how to even begin my college essay. I want it to be something that stands out and I'm just unsure how to come up with an idea that isn't bland or bor …

"Extracurricular activities you like (both mathematical and non-mathematical; and, okay, you can include activities you don't like if you think that would be interesting)..."

So this is the essay promp …

I have to write two essays about privilege and how to use them.

The other one us about accomplishments in school.

I would like some ideas about what privileges are good to discuss on the college essay.

A …

I want to do the optional supplement for Williams requiring me to submit a 3-5 page essay of an assignment I got during the year. The problem my school gave no such assignments in my previous school …

Hey guys, does anyone has a Grammar premium account I could barrow to perfect my essay please? Or maybe I could send my essay to u and u do it for me ? Thanks in advance it would mean a lot