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For the essays that allow you to describe yourself, what exactly should you say? Should you mention the disease you were diagnosed with? Should you mention your spelling bee victory? Should you mentio …

Hey, I'm an international applicant. So I've applied to US for 2025, but I'm not certain that I'll get into a college. So I'll most probably apply for 2026 again next year. The question is that the es …

So I had issues in my home life from grades 9-10 (not having stable housing, couldn't make it to school, etc) and my grades sucked because of it. I started Junior Year (this year) with a GPA of 2.4375 …

I'm working on my essays and though I am looking at essay samples, I still feel a little lost. Any good books on writing essays?

The topic is why am I interested in the courses I am applying.

The course is maths circle and game design

Hi. I'm a workaholic who isn't stressed enough and as such, I am stressed. I hate being me. I want to write some more college essays so... yeah.

I want to write this essay for the University of Michigan to show my continued interest. This is my dream school and I have no idea what to write in a letter of continued interest. I am an internation …

I just want to reread it and start editing even without the comments

I was recently notified that I have been deferred in the early action round of the college to which I had applied. On college vine, this school was a safety for me and my credentials- why is the reali …

I'm am writing a letter of continued interest for a school I got deferred from. Can I get it reviewed on CollegeVine? And what kind of essay would it fall under?

Basically, can submitting stuff like a writing portfolio, awards, and even the language section in the common app can tip an admissions decisions? Can doing every essay the school throws at you do muc …

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I'm curious about how college admissions, particularly USC admissions, actually read applications. Will they bother to read my essay if my UW gpa is extremely low at 3.59 and my W gpa is around a …

If I'm writing about 5th grade do I say "5th grade" or "fifth grade"? Is it hyphenated? Also if its hyphenated does it count as 1 or 2 words for word count?

I have to write an essay about why I need financial aid. I am so confused about what to write in it. Like it's just simple I can't afford it. Someone elaborate what I am supposed to write for 500 word …

While applying to NYU I put that I got awarded as a winner of an essay contest accidently (I didn't end up winning the award) when I had meant to put another honors award there. What should I do to fi …

Vassar's prompt:

Your Space is your opportunity to allow the Committee on Admission to learn something about you that you have not addressed in another section of the application. Your Space is entirel …

I got back a peer review for my essay, and she made highlights on my paper, but I can't see them. What do I do?

So I submitted two essays on here and time is running out, what happens if no one reviews them within 12 hours?

The research topic has to do with medicine but I haven’t done research on it. I am interested in the topic though since I am planning to enter the pharmaceutical field.

I choose this prompt for mu supplement essay. would it be better to stick with the ones I've already received or should I go for this question and my question being "what makes us human" would this qu …