Hi I’m like really new here but i just wrote a common app essay that I’m thinking about submitting but I’m not really sure if it’s very good… and i’m not sure if what I’m writing about it good either but it’s full of emotions. Would any of you be willing to read it for me to see if I should go with it or not?
Please make sure you PM your essay ONLY to adult members who have a long posting history, and whose opinion you respect. Otherwise, you run the risk of either getting bad advice from someone who doesn’t know anything more than you do, or of having someone steal your essay.
I have experience with writing my own essays and editing essay for my tutor students. I would love to help you edit your essay-- give you some feedback, suggest edits, or just give you some ideas. I found that feedback from my peers, who have recently gone through the experience of writing actually provide some of the most relevant feedback. You can PM me if you’d like; I don’t see why you’d value one stranger’s opinion over another, but I can give you some help from my personal experiences.
Some of the strangers here do this for a living. Others have a long history of critiquing essays. Others are 17 year old kids with no background in this area. There is absolutely a difference in the quality of opinions you can get here.
If you end up giving your essay to another kid who then uses it, the span filters will kick in and your essay will come up as plagiarized.