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    Is a 600-Word Common Application Essay Too Long?
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    Is a 600-Word Common Application Essay Too Long?

    Question: My daughter's Common App essay is about 600 words. It's a good essay, very readable, thoughtful, and fun. But, the ne…

    Investment Banking Studies After Flunking Out of Pre-Med Track?
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    Investment Banking Studies After Flunking Out of Pre-Med Track?

    Question: I flunked out of a college, while being on the pre-med track. I want to get back to college and go in the investment ba…

    Famous Female for Essay Topic?
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    Famous Female for Essay Topic?

    Question: I have to write an essay about an important woman figure for an application supplement. I know that this college takes …

    College Essay Tips for "Ordinary Teenager"
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    College Essay Tips for "Ordinary Teenager"

    Question: It seems like everyone else has something significant to write about in their college essays … the death of a parent or…

    Adolescent "Idiocy" and College Application Essay
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    Adolescent "Idiocy" and College Application Essay

    Question: Adolescent idiocy - how do colleges view that? My 11th grade marks slipped very badly, simply because I was fool enough…

    Can Colleges Tell When Students Don't Write Their Own Essays?
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    Can Colleges Tell When Students Don't Write Their Own Essays?

    Question: Although I browse College Confidential, I have not much glanced at the Essays section until yesterday, and a question p…

     
    How Will Admission Officials Respond to Essay Plagiarism?
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    How Will Admission Officials Respond to Essay Plagiarism?

    Question: What are the consequences of plagiarizing a college admissions essay and getting caught? I was just wondering what woul…

    College essay on weakness, not strength?
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    College essay on weakness, not strength?

    Question: I had a HUGE drop in GPA in the second semester of my sophomore year and first quarter of my junior year. The rest of m…

    How to Start a Community Service Project
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    How to Start a Community Service Project

    Question: I understand that college application people like service projects, especially ones that students start themselves. I …

    Political Views & Admission Chances
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    Political Views & Admission Chances

    Question: I am applying to Boston University. One of my English professors wrote me a recommendation in which he briefly talked …

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