Admissions Advice

Hello! After weeks of trying to figure out what my topic would be about, I finally decided on something that changed my life and allowed me to experience it differently. This was photography and I rea …

Early Action applications for many schools are due in eleven days, and I am totally and completely stuck on what to write my personal statement on. I am applying to every school as a psychology major …

Would writing on social anxiety be a good college essay? Or does it need to be deeper? I'm just looking for essay ideas.

Hello! Can anyone give me tips on the topic that I should choose to write as my CommonApp essay? Computer Science, space, and cricket deeply interest me. I want to major in Computer science. So, shoul …

I was wondering if I could write my college essay, about my passion(Ice skating and hockey) and if that was a good idea

I'm planning on applying for Johns Hopkins's Direct Matriculation Program for International Relations. It includes a short "extra" essay that needs to be written, but the prompt is not released until …

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So I'm completing the writing parts of my Common App and I'm an international student who transferred high schools. First-year of secondary school I did in Brazil in a small independent sc …

Hello, I have heard that in your common app essay you should use MLA formatting, but indents are included in that. Should I force the text box provided by Common App to have indents (and use fake inde …

Hi! I am incredibly stuck trying to brainstorm my topic for the common app essay. Seriously any tips help. Thanks!

I wrote one essay that my Chinese counselor thought it was not so good, but my other counselor, a British, thinks it's good enough. I personally felt unsatisfied about both of their opinions or editi …

Hey so I'm a sophomore in high school and I want to start learning how to make my college admissions essay the best it can be so I want to know what most admissions offices look at, what you guys thin …

I've seen some of the essay breakdown livestream and I was wondering, how could I get my essay to be reviewed on the stream?

I'm applying to NCSU on November 1, and they have an optional question about obstacles you have faced, I would write about an injury I had, but I already used that on the "why major" essay as it inspi …

I'm a rising senior who's currently working on my college apps. I'm not sure if I should write this essay because the only impacts on my life have been activity cancellations and school closures which …

I am a senior and starting the college application essays, I am thinking about writing an essay about how my perception of friendship changed during the summer I visited my home country for the first …

I have no clue what to write my college essay on. I have had some ideas but they seem too cliche. For background, I am a First Generation Mexican-American with Mexican Immigrant parents. I was thinkin …

(assuming I become a Finalist but not matched and some colleges ask for my common app in addition to QB application) or should it be different and not redundant?

I feel like COVID19 will be a very common topic in this year's essay pool - I don't want to take the risk of writing a cliche/over-done topic.

However, I think my experience with COVID19 was unique? M …

The college I want to apply to has an optional supplemental essay, but I have no idea what to write. Is the essay supposed to be about me or my passions, or struggles? Should I even write it if the ap …

I plan to apply to Boston university and NYU. By how many percent(approximately) can my CommonApp essay and recommendation letters affect my chances of getting in?