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College essay prompt:

There may be personal information you want considered as part of your admissions application. Write an essay describing that information. You might...

Ernest Hemingway, who shot at German soldiers and wild lions on the regular, was onto something with his short, aggressive sentences.

There's power in brevity.

Simple, declarative...

Essay Prompt: A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the...

Decisions are the worst!

Sparkler Angela sent us two essays she’s deciding between: one about cats—are they good or evil, friend or foe, smart or incredibly,...

Sparkler confuzzledmuggle wrote this essay for the common college application, and elected the "choose your own topic" topic. This itself is a brave...