Anonymous
11/18/2025 10:44
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mine wrote about how they started their passion which is their extracurricular at school as well as their intended major but also talked about how that helped to shape them as a young adult.
Bingo mostly what colleges are looking for!
IDK that sounds boring and try hard. The ones that express personality in a unique way are better.
My kid wrote about their extracurricular, which sounds like a very boring topic, but it was extremely engaging.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 09:39
Subject: Re:What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
My kid wrote about how he’s always loved to think of and build things. How he kept failing at a project he decided to make in his free time at home, but persisted with different iterations over the course of a year until it was successful. Related it to his current work on the school robotics team and how he will use that curiosity, enthusiasm and persistence in the future.
Applying to engineering schools. I thought it captured who he is perfectly.
Applying to engineering schools. I thought it captured who he is perfectly.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 09:10
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Mine wrote about how she was an extrovery and loved meeting people and learning more about them. (framed around when she was in elementary school a foreign student joined her class and she was asked to help the new girl, who had limited english, settle in)
I initially thought it wasn't a good topic (I'm firendly! Admit me!), but her counselor told me it was a good topic because schools post covid are filled with kids who don't know how to get off their computer and socialize in real life and they want kids who have social skills).
Sounds like a great topic — showcases some character traits and personality that wouldn’t necessarily be reflected in other parts of the app like grades and scores. That’s exactly what you’re supposed to do.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 08:58
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
all 3 of my kids wrote about their academic interest/passion/extracurricular. The more introspective/moment of realization/obstacle thing was rejected by all of them - too "cringe" according to them.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 06:43
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter wrote about her love of thrifting and how she chooses different items, and can create something new from something old/used. Then she drew an analogy for how she might use those skills in her future career
Love this!
Anonymous
11/18/2025 06:27
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
My daughter wrote about her love of thrifting and how she chooses different items, and can create something new from something old/used. Then she drew an analogy for how she might use those skills in her future career
Anonymous
11/18/2025 00:17
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mine wrote about how they started their passion which is their extracurricular at school as well as their intended major but also talked about how that helped to shape them as a young adult.
Bingo mostly what colleges are looking for!
IDK that sounds boring and try hard. The ones that express personality in a unique way are better.
Found the high school bully who grew up to be an adult bully.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 00:14
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mine wrote about how they started their passion which is their extracurricular at school as well as their intended major but also talked about how that helped to shape them as a young adult.
Bingo mostly what colleges are looking for!
From your lips to my kids ED school!
Anonymous
11/17/2025 17:15
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Mine wrote about how she was an extrovery and loved meeting people and learning more about them. (framed around when she was in elementary school a foreign student joined her class and she was asked to help the new girl, who had limited english, settle in)
I initially thought it wasn't a good topic (I'm firendly! Admit me!), but her counselor told me it was a good topic because schools post covid are filled with kids who don't know how to get off their computer and socialize in real life and they want kids who have social skills).
I initially thought it wasn't a good topic (I'm firendly! Admit me!), but her counselor told me it was a good topic because schools post covid are filled with kids who don't know how to get off their computer and socialize in real life and they want kids who have social skills).
Anonymous
11/17/2025 16:56
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Do we cry bc it’s our kid and their story? I cried the first time too. But not sure if others will be as moved
I strongly suspect yes. Same when a parent says their kids essay made them LOL.
Anonymous
11/17/2025 16:28
Subject: What did your DC wrote about in the Common App essay?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mine wrote about how they started their passion which is their extracurricular at school as well as their intended major but also talked about how that helped to shape them as a young adult.
Bingo mostly what colleges are looking for!
IDK that sounds boring and try hard. The ones that express personality in a unique way are better.