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2024-25 Common App Essay Tips, the Prompts, and How to Answer Them

The Common Application essay prompts are confirmed for the Class of 2025. Get started on your Common App essay now with these Common App essay tips.  Every student using the Common Application is required to complete the Personal Statement, also known as “the Common App essay,” which will be visible to most, if not all,…

The 2023-24 Common Application Essay Prompts and How to Answer Them

The 2023-24 Common Application Essay Prompts and How to Answer Them

The Common Application essay prompts are confirmed. Get started on your college admissions personal statement now.  Last week, the Common Application announced that the Common App essay prompts for the 2023-24 application season will remain the same as last year’s. All students applying via the Common Application must write the personal statement (aka “the Common…

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2021-2022 Common Application Essay Prompts & Tips

Juniors and parents of juniors: The 2021-2022 college application season has officially begun. The list of essay prompts for the Common Application (www.commonapp.com), accepted by more than 900 colleges, has been released. Students must choose one of the prompts and answer it to fulfill the “Writing” section of the Common Application. The application doesn’t go live…

2018-2019 Common Application Essay Prompts Complete with Tips

Attention Juniors: The 2018-2019 college application season has officially begun. The Common Application, otherwise known as the Common App, released its list of essay prompts. Good news to anyone who started thinking about them over the past year; they’re the same as last year. The application doesn’t go live until August, but you can start thinking…