Admissions Advice

I am an Indian student and I am trying to fill out college applications for US Colleges. My dream college is BYU, Provo. My GPA is 4.0 and I took up some mock SATs and my score is around 1500, which i …

So i am currently working on my essays and I'm having some ideas but the thing is that i don't know whether writing words like 'ohh' , 'ah' or maybe 'haha' would become too informal . And the other th …

UMich has a Culture and Diversity Prompt that asks you to describe a community that you are part of. I talked about a community called Swadhyay, which is a spiritual community that tries to revive anc …

Growing up without financial means has had a profound effect on me and my family. Is it okay to write about that in the "overcoming challenges" prompt?

Hi, I would love it if someone can say to me if the most important during the application process is the essay and extracurriculars?

I mean, I know GPA and SAT are important, also I want to know if now …

I can read tarot, and I couldn’t decide whether I should use it for my supplemental essays to show the admission officers a new aspect of me. Can you help me? Thank you!!!

Incoming senior, looking for apply texas, usc supplementals, etc.

1. I need help studying and I don't know how to start can you guys help me out in how should I study and focus more?

2. What should I write my common essay about I don't know any topics to start?

I have brainstormed three possible topics:

1. Overcoming an eating disorder and the challenges I still face with body image.

2. Goals and plans to time travel/expand on my fascination with time travel.

does anyone has a guide to prompt 5?

Hey! can anyone help me think of a topic? Im having a hard time deciding on my topic. I recently moved schools my junior year. I thought about maybe doing about how i didn't make the cheer team and ho …

So I am doing prompt 6 of the common app and I am thinking if astrology is a unique prompt that most people will not do. And this is something that actually cultivates my interest. Thank you!

So I want to get a head start on my essays over summer but I do not know if schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth reuse there supplemental essay prompts. I am aware common app does an …

Hello, I'm a rising senior and have been stressed about the common app process since I started high school. I feel like I have nothing to write about and I fear that I won't be able to stand out to th …

So for my college app I plan on writing on a website I coded, but that website is no longer up and running. I really want to write about it because it helps describe a problem I solved, but I don't wa …

Hi,

I am considering writing an essay about my challenge of the notion you can't be gay and Christian through personal experiences. However, I am concerned that there may be a stigma against my applica …

Just wanted to know.

I've heard that some colleges don't like it when you write about a sad thing that happened in your life or a "pity story" on your application, but I feel like my "sob story" would be really beneficial …

Should my answer to the essay prompts be straight out descriptions or as a more interactive story type of thing?

I applied to both Barnard College and Northeastern University. If you've been accepted to either of these schools, what do you think you did to make it in? Did you have a good essay? A ton of extracur …