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lekmak722
US College Admissions
Essays
Stanford University Applicational Essays 2018-2019
What did you write for Stanford Essay? Is there a useful manual on how to write a good one? I found some topics on different sites like reddit, but hope to get a professional answer from people who kn...
David_Freed
US College Admissions
Essays
Princeton University's Supplemental Essays
Hello, I am interested in applying for the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. For the long supplemental essay, I chose the second topic, which is about global problems and its disparities. How should...
mintabrownjaden
US College Admissions
Essays
Writing a Harvard-style essay
What is to be expected within a Harvard essay or as a student who has chosen to do double majors in Harvard, what would be expected in a required essay from either courses and to, therefore, receive a...
gumali
US College Admissions
Essays
Help choosing a topic for a college essay?
Uhhhhh I think my life is kind of boring compared to other students… Where do I start?
g.gladstein
US College Admissions
Essays
Change commonapp essay
Hi, is it possible to make changes to the commonapp essay for the RD round, once it has been submitted to an EA or ED college already? How would you do this? Thanks!
meredithstarkman
US College Admissions
Essays
Importance of essays?
While applying to college theatre programs how much do your essays matter
p.kim
US College Admissions
Essays
"Why Harvard" Essay
What did you write for the ‘why Harvard’ essay?
jamie.beaton
US College Admissions
Essays
Well below word count?
Im trying to do Columbia here but my word count on the questions such as what books you read and stuff to be well below the word count. Is this normal or am I just not writing enough, should I fill in...
jamie.beaton
US College Admissions
Essays
How many words?
If the common app gives you a maximum amount of words allowed, should you aim use it all or does that not really matter?
megan.summers
US College Admissions
Essays
How many essays will I have to write for college apps?
How many essays will I have to write for college apps?
jamie.beaton
US College Admissions
Essays
What’s a sample admissions essay accepted into Harvard?
I’d like to see some examples of what kind of quality of writing is expected.
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