College Essays
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STUDENTS, Need Help w/ Your College Essays? Get Community Feedback Now
The value of College Confidential has always been our amazing community. We are excited to relaunch a very unique and special feature, which hopefully will help a lot of students achieve their academic goals. We have pu… |
9 | 17672 | April 28, 2024 | |
Want to Help Students with Their College Essays? Become a Volunteer Essay Reader on CC
College Confidential is redesigning its Essay Feedback feature. Students and readers will join a private essay feedback group where their essays are not searchable on the internet. We hope to enlist the skills of enough… |
46 | 4937 | October 16, 2023 | |
Supplemental essay tips (plus the COVID question on the CA)
Updated for ‘23-‘24 cycle Here are some tips for making supplemental essays easier. (See bottom of post for UC PIQ info.) The topic is actually the student. Find SPECIFIC details about the school and relate them back t… |
25 | 13984 | June 30, 2023 | |
What makes a "good" essay?
I’ve seen on multiple admissions threads, as kids/parents list stats, you will often see something to the effect of: “good essay” or “great essay”. I’m wondering how one knows if your essay is good or great? It’s so sub… |
106 | 53928 | April 28, 2023 | |
Real Value of Essays | 50 | 2527 | December 4, 2023 | |
Personal essay - MS in accounting | 15 | 370 | December 3, 2023 | |
If a college asks "Why us", can I talk about scheduling flexibility and living off campus? | 16 | 668 | May 29, 2024 | |
Georgetown Pre College Online Program Help! | 0 | 148 | November 23, 2023 | |
Typo in application essay | 4 | 350 | November 6, 2023 | |
NYT tests AI generated short essay responses | 17 | 1449 | September 3, 2023 | |
Review request | 1 | 217 | November 1, 2023 | |
UMich Ross portfolio Business case solution essay | 2 | 293 | October 23, 2023 | |
I need someone that's experienced with essays to read my essay please and help me with it | 2 | 285 | October 15, 2023 | |
Personal Statement/Essay review | 2 | 391 | October 11, 2023 | |
Struggling with the "Why this school" essay when he hasn't visited yet | 20 | 1234 | April 7, 2024 | |
Is writing about an event that happened to me recently in my common app bad? | 8 | 845 | October 5, 2023 | |
Help Request | 1 | 259 | October 4, 2023 | |
Common App Essay Feedback ✅ | 1 | 362 | September 21, 2023 | |
Things to mention in Stanford "Why us?" essay | 8 | 1941 | September 19, 2023 | |
Which topic should I choose? | 9 | 655 | September 17, 2023 | |
How important is meeting the word limit on the Questbridge essay? | 2 | 364 | September 14, 2023 | |
Essay Topic for Committed Athletic Recruit | 19 | 1259 | September 12, 2023 | |
Cliche Sports Essay? | 16 | 1372 | September 12, 2023 | |
Would like feedback on common app essay | 2 | 453 | September 6, 2023 | |
How much impact does an essay really have on the overall application? | 30 | 2875 | September 5, 2023 | |
Is a “good enough” essay good enough for selective colleges? | 10 | 1797 | August 21, 2023 | |
Avoid the trap of the “bad” essay | 27 | 7714 | August 21, 2023 | |
UPitt or VCU essays that worked in past? | 4 | 538 | August 18, 2023 | |
How to write a college essay about fandom? | 7 | 1093 | August 18, 2023 | |
Essay for LACs/women's college about modelling experience? | 10 | 1179 | August 18, 2023 |