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I'm applying to the Honors College at the University of Missouri, and one of the requirements is submitting an additional essay. One of the essay options states: "If you feel that an essa …
So I am applying for the University of Oregon Robert D. honors college. The application for the honors college and university of Oregon are all together but to apply to the honors college you need to …
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I am applying to Williams College and they have an optional supplemental essay where I can submit a 3-5 page academic paper. I am debating on submitting the supplemental, because I do not think an …
Ok, so I think I have a good topic for my college essay but I need some opinions because I am having second thoughts.
So, to start off, I am famous online for playing video games. Over the past 2 years …
I'm beginning to write my personal application essay and in doing so I've realized that while I have a strong, unique essay theme/topic, I am struggling to express this idea in a way that's unique (an …
I'm approaching the final revisions of my Common App Essay, and I've realized that my essay sorta fits some of the prompts, but I didn't write it specifically for those prompts so nothing is specifica …
I don't want to sound crazy. I don't want to sound like someone who doesn't have anything to write and so then writes about a random hobby.
I want to sound genuine. I want to be unique in my writing. …
Hi, I have taken the SAT a few times. The first was in Nov 2019 as a benchmark. I did not do that well on the test but scored a 19 on the essay. When I took the SAT again, I did much better on the act …
Hello! Rising senior here, trying to narrow down a topic for my Common App essay. I am currently debating between two topics for the essay and could use some feedback. The first essay topic is about h …
Hello, I am applying to colleges on the CommonApp and I recently started my essay. My essay includes talking about how another college sent me an email about joining a stock market challenge hosted by …
I was filling out the ApplyTexas application for the University of Houston, but when I went to paste my essay, it only had the option for prompt C. I wrote my essay using prompt A. Does University of …
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I am a rising senior who wants to know whether I have chosen a good CommonApp essay topic and which prompt the essay fits into if it is good.
I am planning to write about how I make people feel c …
i am very interested in astrology. i heard that your essay should be so specific to you that if a teacher was holding a stack of essays with your essay in it, your best friend or someone close to you …
I am a rising senior writing my college essays. One of my essay topics for the UC application is "What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?" I am writing about how I vol …
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My UC essays are quite good on their own, but only really shine when read as a whole. For example, I talked about being first-generation for my "challenge" essay but left a lot of the overcoming for m …
Hi, so I'm a senior living in Thailand.
My first application deadline for an IVY League School is November 1st. Most of my classmates are done writing their CommonApp essay, but I am having trouble wi …
If I am writing a supplemental essay and the content of my essay revolves around a program that I have taken at some other university, is it okay to mention that other college name and the program nam …
So I didn't know you can't send your sat scores without the essay and I received a low score on the essay. My overall sat score is good for the schools I am applying too but im wondering if I should e …
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