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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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