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"title:": "Masterpost of Common App Resources!",
"text": "**Comment more resources if you think of them!**\n\n# Essays:\n\n[Hack the College Essay by John Dewis.](https://www.hackthecollegeessay.com/uploads/1/0/9/5/109505679/hack_the_college_essay_2017.pdf) (This is the one external source I've added so far, because it's worth it. It's endorsed by many of the other people included in this post).\n\nThe u/ScholarGrade Essay series (and his extras!):\n\n* [Part 1: How To Start An Essay, \"Show Don't Tell,\" And Showcase Yourself In A Compelling Way](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/baotoj/the_scholargrade_essay_series_part_1_how_to_start/)\n* [Part 2: Throw Away Everything You Learned In English Class](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bdyf1d/the_scholargrade_essay_series_part_2_throw_away/)\n* [Part 3: Conquering the \"Why \\[School\\]\" Essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bgvslr/the_scholargrade_essay_series_part_3_conquering/)\n* [Part 4: What Makes An Essay Outstanding?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bkg10a/the_scholargrade_essay_series_part_4_what_makes/)\n* [What to do when you're over the word count](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9dp4u7/what_to_do_when_youre_over_the_word_count/)\n* [What to do when your essay is too short](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/aefjas/what_to_do_when_your_essay_is_too_short/)\n* [How To End An Essay Gracefully](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/8upen2/how_to_end_an_essay_gracefully/)\n* [Proofreading Tips](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/a9vfov/if_youre_wondering_what_an_acceptance_letter/)\n* [If You Don't Have a First Draft Yet, Don't Read This](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9zg9sc/if_you_dont_have_a_first_draft_yet_dont_read_this/)\n* [Help with Essay Topics](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cgwexx/help_with_essay_topics/)\n\nu/BlueLightSpcl:\n\n* [A few thoughts on starting your college essays](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/99oryw/a_few_thoughts_on_starting_your_college_essays/)\n* [\"What common errors do you see applicants make when writing their essays?\"](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9b7uow/what_common_errors_do_you_see_applicants_make/)\n\nu/WilliamTheReader:\n\n* [5 Most Overdone Essays and How to Avoid Them](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cezbly/5_most_overdone_essays_and_how_to_avoid_them/)\n* [What Your Essay Looks Like From the Other Side + Crucial Essay Advice](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/a8zz9n/williamthereader_what_your_essay_looks_like_from/)\n\nu/novembrr: [When you're over the word count and can't for the life of you cut your essay down...](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/7n6yez/guide_by_novembrr_when_youre_over_the_word_count/)\n\nu/steve_nyc: [5 Steps to Starting Your College Essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1o31s4/5_steps_to_starting_your_college_essay/)\n\nu/mistermcneil (admissions consultant): [My World-Ending Guide to the College Essay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/95hbdn/my_worldending_guide_to_the_college_essay/)\n\nu/Jidawg: [Tips About Writing Multiple Supplements from a Sophomore @ Dartmouth](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/99o95b/tips_about_writing_multiple_college_supplements/)\n\nu/G0mega: [Last Minute \"Why X\" and Supplement Advice from a Brown sophomore](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/ab9f9f/last_minute_why_x_supplement_advice_from_a/)\n\nu/PhAnToM444: [An analysis of why the \"mundane topic\" seems to work so well for college essays](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/97x25e/an_analysis_of_why_the_mundane_topic_seems_to/). (Even if you're not writing a mundane essay, you can bring those same components into your own essay).\n\n# Activities Section:\n\nnovembrr's activities series is so useful:\n\n* [Stuck on your activities list? Novembrr can help.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/6uig01/stuck_on_your_activities_list_novembrr_can_help/) (Comment replies give helpful examples of how to phrase ECs)\n* [How to write your Common App and UC Activities Lists](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/6lx32y/how_to_write_your_common_app_and_uc_activities/)\n* [What you should do if you have no ECs](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/6eg8jq/what_you_should_do_if_you_have_no_extracurricular/)\n\nu/MrsScholarGrade's series is new, and I hope I'll be adding more of her great work:\n\n* [What counts as an EC, anyway?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cls7c1/faq_what_counts_as_an_ec_anyway/)\n* [Activities and Awards: Making the Most of Your Character Count](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cky9bl/activities_and_awards_making_the_most_of_your/)\n\n[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bydczc/list_of_competitions_and_programs_to_pursue_to/) links several resources to find competitions/programs for your ECs or to find ECs based on your academic interest! I don't think you should be basing your activities on prestigious awards, but if you *are* doing something and you want to find ways to get more involved or get rewarded, this is a good resource.\n\n# LORS:\n\nsteve\\_nyc: [How to Ask Teachers for College Recommendation Letters](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1nqrwp/how_to_ask_teachers_for_college_recommendation/)\n\nnovembrr: [The secret to having excellent LORs](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/6damac/the_secret_to_having_excellent_letters_of/)\n\nScholarGrade: [How to get top LORs that stand out from the stack](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bw5h8u/rising_seniors_now_is_the_time_to_ask_about/)\n\n# AP Score Reporting:\n\nnovembrr: [When AP Scores Matter and When They Don't (in my experience as an admissions reader at Berkeley and UChicago)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/c9vmfk/when_ap_scores_matter_and_when_they_dont_in_my/)\n\nu/admissionsmom: [Let's Talk about your AP Score](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/c9gydl/lets_talk_about_your_ap_scores/)\n\n# Interviews:\n\nScholarGrade: [There have been many questions about interviews. Here's my guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9ujnzd/there_have_been_many_questions_about_interviews/)\n\nWilliamTheReader: [Interview Tips!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/admjvg/williamthereader_interview_tips/)\n\nnovembrr: [How to prepare for an interview: a guide by Novembrr, former UChicago admissions reader & alumna interviewer](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/adyj6n/how_to_prepare_for_an_interview_a_guide_by/)\n\nadmissionsmom: [Up Close and Personal: The Interview. Here's My Cheat Sheet](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/aclutj/up_close_and_personal_the_interview_heres_my/)\n\n# AMAs about Admissions\n\nBlueLightSpcl's AMA Series: **Former UT-Austin Admissions Counselor, Author of Your Ticket to the Forty Acres, and A2C's First Moderator.**\n\n* [June 2019](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bww0u1/i_am_kevin_martin_former_utaustin_admissions/)\n* [June 2018](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/8nwsnz/im_kevin_martin_former_undergraduate_admissions/)\n* [July 2017](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/6h0dy1/iama_former_undergraduate_admissions_counselor/)\n* [October 2016](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/55j4p5/iama_former_undergraduate_admissions_counselor/)\n* [June 2015](https://www.reddit.com/r/teenagers/comments/3icqle/i_am_a_former_undergraduate_admissions_counselor/)\n* [June 2015 on other sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/3f78l3/what_are_my_chances_how_do_i_apply_receive/)\n* [June 2015 on other other sub](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3b3hwm/iama_former_undergraduate_admissions_counselor/)\n* [November 2011 while employed for UT](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nz96p/iama_college_admissions_essay_reader_and/)\n\nSteve\\_nyc's AMAs: **College Admissions Counselor and Founder of A2C:**\n\n* [From 2016](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3nyvpv/iama_college_admission_counselor_mod/)\n* [From 2015](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3d2dji/iama_creator_and_moderator_of_rapplyingtocollege/)\n\nWilliamTheReader's AMA: [Top 5 USNews University Alum, Worked in Alma Mater's Admissions Office, Part-Time Elite Admissions Consultant](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9f8zl3/ama_top_5_usnews_university_alum_worked_in_alma/)\n\n[Ethan Sawyer: the College Essay Guy's AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/9i177k/im_ethan_sawyer_the_college_essay_guy_and_ive/). He wrote the first essay guide I shared.\n\nCopied from steve\\_nyc (big shoutout here):\n\n**Admissions Officers:**\n\n* [Former Cornell admission officer, Nelson Ure\u00f1a](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3fmqfm/hi_im_nelson_ure%C3%B1a_i_am_a_former_admissions/)\n* [Current Reed admission officer, Milyon Trulove](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/40ypsw/im_milyon_trulove_vice_president_and_dean_of/)\n* [Accepted to all 8 Ivy Leagues, Kwasi Enin](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3glxso/im_kwasi_enin_and_i_was_accepted_to_all_8_ivy/)\n* [Helps colleges create interview questions, David Singh](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3tgb4m/i_help_top_ivy_league_and_globally_ranked_schools/)\n* [Works in admissions at major research university in the South](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/41rpis/i_work_behind_the_scenes_in_admissions_ama/)\n* [Current admission officers at Guilford, small liberal arts college](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/46l26p/ama_with_a_small_liberal_arts_college/)\n* [Duke alumni interviewer](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/37bqr1/ama_duke_alumni_interviewer/)\n* [Admissions student employee](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/33ikuu/ama_undergrad_admissions_student_employee/)\n* [Admission officer (anonymous)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3mpf59/im_a_college_admissions_officer_ama/)\n* [Helps international students get into American colleges](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/446f6c/i_help_international_students_get_admitted_to/)\n\n**Admitted Student AMAs:**\n\n* [Columbia grad (graduated HS at 15, Columbia at 19)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3e9keu/i_am_a_student_who_graduated_from_high_school_at/)\n* [NYU grad](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3a1hxd/i_am_a_nyu_stern_graduate_08_ask_me_anything/)\n* [Harvard student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/386wyz/iama_harvard_student_who_just_finished_her_junior/)\n* [Stanford student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3pdp6j/im_a_stanford_student_ama_especially_for/)\n* [Cornell student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3992no/i_overcame_the_odds_and_got_into_a_cornell_a_top/)\n* [Johns Hopkins student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3g0uts/i_just_finished_my_freshman_year_at_johns_hopkins/)\n* Michigan student: [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3bmzhc/iama_rising_freshman_at_the_university_of/), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3qac4b/iama_current_freshman_studying_in_the_university/)\n* [Boston College student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/37imj2/ama_about_boston_college/)\n* [Northeastern student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3au9du/im_a_rising_northeastern_university_freshman_ama/)\n* [Cornell student](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3kh436/ama_current_freshman_at_ivy_league_school/)\n* [Transferred to top 20 national university](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3cteko/i_transferred_from_a_state_flagship_to_a_us_news/)\n* [Got into UC Berkeley](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3hinp7/i_am_an_incoming_uc_berkeley_freshman_ama/)\n* [Got into Davidson College](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3cgsrx/i_got_to_a_top_liberal_arts_college_ama/)\n* [Got into University of Missouri](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/346ydq/iama_high_school_senior_who_will_be_attending_the/)\n* [Got into several top 50 schools](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/350bir/iama_a_high_school_senior_who_will_be_attending/)\n* [Helping students get college degree abroad](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/3enmep/i_help_people_mainly_americans_get_their_full/)",
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"text": "One thing I don\u2019t see here is the booklet [*Hacking the College Essay*](https://www.hackthecollegeessay.com/uploads/1/0/9/5/109505679/hack_the_college_essay_2017.pdf). It\u2019s a 35 page booklet but it\u2019s intensely helpful. I give it to all my students but I especially focus on it for my students who can only come up with fairly \u201cboring\u201d topics that won\u2019t help to differentiate them from other students. \n\nOne thing I\u2019d also add is that the common app topics tend to fall into two broad categories: your history/background and ideas that fascinate you. For kids who have \u201cno story to tell\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve got no hook\u201d but are otherwise smart and want to get into top schools especially, I think the \u201cideas that fascinate me\u201d\ntopics are underrated. I had a student write an excellent one last year about quantum computing (make sure it\u2019s still about *you* though). *Hacking the College Essay* mentions them a few times but I feel like they could have covered them more and talked through how students can develop those ideas. Still, the building blocks are there, thinking through the conversational style, etc., so it\u2019s a great resource no matter what kind of essay you\u2019re trying to write.\n\nAgain, it really helps increase your potential of writing a genuinely good rather than merely \u201cfine\u201d essay.",
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"text": "Man, I have no idea how I forgot about that. I've read it, myself. Will add it in ASAP. \n\nAnd yeah, you make valid points about writing the essay. My goal with this wasn't to give advice, but rather to share the advice of people who are more experienced than I am.",
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"text": "So, I read the book you recommended, and I think it\u2019s kind of awful? I edit essays professionally, too, so I\u2019m very interested in seeking \u201cpro advice\u201d. \n\nThe first 15 pages I mostly agreed with, in that I encourage my students to write things that will be memorable. He uses a shooty war analogy, I say they want to be the \u201cX kid\u201d where X is what they recognize about them as soon as they bring up their application for review. \n\nBut then around page 20 he gets into specific essays he worked on...and they\u2019re terrible? I\u2019ve done work with grad students, and all of his proudest essays read like first drafts from very smart, driven students that aren\u2019t natural writers. They\u2019re overly wordy, confusing, and make a lot of literary puns and connections that at best are confusing, and at worst are pretentious gobbeldy gook. \n\nHe also let a kid write that Billy Beane *invented* OBP, which if I was an admissions person would instantly make me think the kid was either a phony or a moron. \n\nAlso, despite all his advice beforehand, his interview strategy seems to be to badger the kids and call their ideas boring until they mention something they're insecure about, and then he pounces on that and forces that to be their topic. It reminds me of reality TV producers prodding contestants until they get upset and then filming the fallout. \n\nGo to page 32 and read how he talks to the girl writing the EMT essay. He just bullies her, for no real clear reason. I work with these kids and they\u2019re stressed and sensitive about their work. If I started asking them bizarre questions about what Spanish word they studying when they saw a lady dying all ticktockticktock like this was game show they\u2019d probably start crying. \n\nI just feel like all of the work he\u2019s proud enough to feature in a book reads like a 45yo writing for a 17yo, and not doing a very good job of doing so. \n\nPlease let me know if and how you disagree.",
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"text": "No, I actually think I mostly agree with you. I wrote somewhere that his advice on what not to do and how to approach the essay conceptually are probably more things I agree with, but some of his actual examples are meh. As I put it in another comment:\n\n>My other advice is don\u2019t get stuck writing about the first topic you think is good. That\u2019s what I really like about *Hacking the College Essay*\u2014while I don\u2019t always agree with his positive advice, I love his negative advice. He helps students break free from the paint-by-numbers mold of what they think an essay *ought* to look like.\n\nWhen I teach it with my students, it's usually as they're struggling to pick a topic or when I think they're taking a boring approach to a topic. That's I think what he's really good at--how to approach the topic, how to think about this essay in a way that gives students the best chance to have to stand out.\n\nI think he's good at getting students to focus on what's actually interesting about the story they want to tell, what actually matters, what actually shows something about them as a person, not what the student thinks a college wants to hear. Like, for example, how he reframed the debate club thing on page 11 (\"I'm the kind of person who...\" to \"I argued mandatory voting actually does more to preserve individual liberty...\"); even if as a reader I don't agree with the student's stance on mandatory voting, I want to know more about. He's got me hooked. The fencer example on the next page is also great. I sometimes have my students do the \"footnote method\" he mentioned early on. I love the \"embrace your cliche chapter\", and while I don't give advice exactly like this (I emphasize it's still important to avoid cliches), I think his approaching to thinking about how to write a new essay on a well-worn topic is good. Going through those four typical topics and four interesting (well, two interesting, two potentially interesting) lines is really useful for my students, for example. And I actually really like the story of how he got the Korean over-achiever with four parents named Kim to shift perspective and have a really different look at her life story...\n\n...but you're absolutely right that then the essay that comes out of those conversations isn't always great. I give a lot of caveats on the Tyler essay, for example (\"I don't like when we have extended metaphors through the entire essay,\" \"I would be careful about saying you don't want to date Asians, even if you are Asian, even if you say you do date Asians in the next sentence,\") and I feel like it's a big waste that, after pushing for conversational essays, the best lines from the conversation that led to the essay aren't in the essay. Like why didn't the essay start, \"I'm the most Korean person in the world\", and then go one to discuss how she feels like she breaks from her families expectations while appreciating what they've given her? The extended team metaphor seems like it's an attempt to tie together family and basketball, but the student is already the tie; the metaphor I just find distracting.\n\nBut his own analysis of the essay is what's useful to students, namely, \"Does Tyler have a big theory about teams? No, she just keeps it honest \\[...\\] She never says bogus things like 'now I know who I am' or 'what it means to mature as a person,'\" even when the resulting essay isn't as good as it could have been given the material and likely the student's writing skill.\n\nYou said you thought that the good advice stopped on page 20, and that's page 21, and I think that's always the last example I use with my students, which probably supports your theory because I can't even remember what comes after this. Looking, no I sometimes use the failing badly (hitting the hurdle) essay on page 22 or the baseball essay that's next when I have students who are really struggling with \"What can I write about? I'm so boring.\" I guess what I recommend the book for is getting started. By the time the essay's taking shape and you're doing extensive edits, it can be--and maybe should be--left behind.\n\nI don't know what kind of students you work with, but I've just found that the hardest part for many students is actually finding something interesting, especially when they're looking for an interesting perspective on what they know is a common topic. And I think this iswhat *Hacking the College Essay* is good for. It is a good resource for getting students to write an essay that represents *who they are* rather than *what they think an essay should look like*, you know? I find it's most useful at breaking habits and correcting expectations, and I have my own set of essays that I use as good examples (if you use essays that you didn't help edit as your examples, which ones do you use?).\n\nI don't mind the author's questioning of students because I do similar things. Not, I don't think, in an aggressive manner, but because I think they often need to take two steps back and explain why something matters *to them* by extension why I as a reader should care. And me asking, \"Wait, why should I even care? Why does this matter to you? What do you want me to learn about you here? Why are you telling me this? What else were you doing at the time that can give us little details to help the reader go on the emotional journey that you went through?\" I think helps them realize what the story looks like to other people, which in turn helps them understand how to tell it more fully. My students, at least, don't seem to find this stressful; as when they say something smart to one of these questions, they often know it and their eyes light up.\n\nI can't put my finger on what I don't like about his essays. It doesn't really matter to me that a student says Billy Beane invented OBP, I actually think that's one of the better essays he shows us most of. Maybe what I don't like is that the essays sometimes sound almost dumbed down rather than actually conversational (though, to be fair, most of these kids are not necessarily going to Ivy Plus schools)--the writer definitely has an aversion to words like \"aversion\" and it seems like 90% sentences are \\[subject\\] \\[verb\\] \\[object\\] and so they feel, at times, simplistic rather than oral. He allows too may exclamation points. He also frequently tells before he shows, like \"I will never forget what I saw. The color caught my eye even from far off,\" whereas I teach me students, if you need to tell, you should probably do it after you've shown. The paragraph would be stronger if he dropped, \"I Will never forget what I saw,\" and added the color \\*of blood\\* to the second. Since all the essays have a similar rhythm to how the sentences flow one to the next, I assume he edited them into that shape on purpose (he'd never allow a phrase like \"one to the next\") and I think the essays would have benefited from more variation.\n\nNevertheless, I think *Hacking the College Essay* gives a student an important tool kit, an important starting place, and I don't know of any other essay guide that's as good at helping students avoid writing just a *fine* essay on a boring topic. Sure, the example essays read like they're one or two drafts away from being really good, but that's all stuff that can be fixed later, as they edit, if they're a good writer or have a someone helping them edit. Fixing a boring topic sometimes takes a complete tear-down, rather than just another draft or two.\n\nIf you could only give students one thing before they started, what would it be?",
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"text": "I was about to comment this lol. Fr it's a great resource.",
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"ew1gpmw": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1gpmw/",
"text": "God bless you legend\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb",
"author": "mimitang",
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"ew1op5n": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1op5n/",
"text": "Glad I helped, dude!",
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"ew1na33": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1na33/",
"text": "I\u2019d give a gold but I\u2019m a broke senior.\n\n\nThanks!",
"author": "ivybound20",
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"ew1nmt4": {
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"text": "Me too. Saw this the day before I\u2019m planning to start my common app, hooray!",
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"ew1pqpj": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1pqpj/",
"text": "I'm glad I could help!",
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"ew1proi": {
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"text": "No problem!",
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"ew1h8xt": {
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"text": "Fucking legend \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd",
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"ew1ooku": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1ooku/",
"text": "Right back at ya",
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"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1ps8v/",
"text": "Here's my post about LORs if you want to add it: [https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bw5h8u/rising\\_seniors\\_now\\_is\\_the\\_time\\_to\\_ask\\_about/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/bw5h8u/rising_seniors_now_is_the_time_to_ask_about/)",
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"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1px1j/",
"text": "I'll put it in! I must have missed it when combing through your profile. \n\nYour account is such a gem; over 25% of the stuff in this post is from you. A sincere thanks for all the work you do on this sub.",
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"ew1mqrc": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1mqrc/",
"text": "perfect time, perfect place, thanks for making this application season easier my guy",
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"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1om3h/",
"text": "Bro this made me smile so much, ty.",
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"text": "god tier thank you",
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"text": "This post should be pinned",
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"ew1f978": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1f978/",
"text": "Thank you your work is much appreciated.",
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"ew1oqni": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1oqni/",
"text": "Thanks dude, I hope it's helpful.",
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"ew1gifc": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1gifc/",
"text": "Oh my god you're amazing thank you!!",
"author": "Spaghetti4WorstPasta",
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"ew1opwr": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1opwr/",
"text": "Thank you for being so nice!!",
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},
"ew1i5j6": {
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"text": "You are fucking awesome",
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"ew1onzi": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1onzi/",
"text": "So are you!",
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"ew1l2y8": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1l2y8/",
"text": "Legend",
"author": null,
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"replies": {}
},
"ew1l4eg": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1l4eg/",
"text": "Thank you so much for this",
"author": "cypherpt2",
"created": 1565025765,
"upvotes": 4,
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},
"ew1mghq": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1mghq/",
"text": "Thank you!",
"author": "Mithyi",
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"upvotes": 5,
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},
"ew1x8ei": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1x8ei/",
"text": "Hi, I'm gonna need this for later",
"author": "Magic_Strix",
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"ew1yuio": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1yuio/",
"text": "Absolute beast! You're a life saver, was looking for something like this and you hit all of us up at r/applyingtocollege. Thanks!",
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"ew253se": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew253se/",
"text": "You're welcome!",
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"upvotes": 2,
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"text": "I read applications for an R1 school every admissions cycle and started making YoutTube videos to help students get into college with the info I know. I wanted to share with you all since I get a lot of my inspiration from this sub. \n\nMy series of admissions videos:\n\n* [My list of everything you need to know about college admissions](https://youtu.be/u7Pg-QARscY)\n* [Q&A: Should I Explain Bad Grades in my College Admissions Essays](https://youtu.be/8luhVYsncV8)\n* [The Most Common Mistakes I See in Rejected College Applications](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwhNZUTg4U&t=2s)\n* [How to Get Good Letters of Recommendation from Your High School Teachers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xX6G0aN7O8&t=10s)\n* [Tips for Nailing (Video) Admissions Interviews - - What to Wear, What to Bring, + More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEvMDmQChsM&t=2s)\n* [What Order Do Admissions Officers Read Application Materials In?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzRXSqr4qO4&t=3s)\n* [How to \"Do Demonstrated Interest\" (Live from the University of Washington)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHu_VIMNzw)\n* [The 4 Things You Need to Do in High School to Get into an Ivy League University](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLYxL5GVR14)\n* [Public vs. Private Universities: Is There REALLY a Difference?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaONu4Bm0C0&t=3s)\n* [How Do Colleges Check for Lies on Your College Application?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthBnU7ByjU&t=218s)\n* [Q&A: How Important is an Upward Trend for College Applications???](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyrKjpCTaFs&t=27s)\n* [Why a Perfect ACT or SAT Score Might Not Impress Admissions Officers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XOcPnUFKvw&t=45s)\n* [Q&A: Should I Write About My Intended Major in My Personal Statement?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzopB3gzGjU&t=3s)\n* [Breaking Down the SAT's \"New\" Adversity Score --- Everything the College Board Won't Tell You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvofMbjdNQ&t=72s)\n* [Q&A: Will Taking a Free Period Senior Year Impact My College Applications?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYpvGGk-QjU)\n* [The Biggest Mistake I See on College Applications...and How to Avoid Doing the Same Thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k9UUyvvkEs&t=1s)\n* [Why the SAT's New Adversity Score is ACTUALLY Old News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tIFiNfKFzw&t=1s)\n* [Does My After School Job Count as an Extracurricular Activity for College Applications??](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD8zEmAM3Aw&t=1s)\n* [How to Ask For Letters of Recommendation from Teachers...And Not Get Told No](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxiP54BSFI&t=1s)\n* [The Little Things That Annoy Admissions Officers More Than They Should](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JgmbRteD0Q)\n* [AP vs. IB: Which is Better for College Applications?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYHrkORMlo&t=3s)\n* [Which Summer Activities Actually Impress Colleges?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGRH8WA2LLg)\n* [Which test score should you submit to colleges: ACT vs. SAT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocKD3-ybzQk&t=1s)\n* [Q&A: Should I mention my mental illness in my college admissions essays?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-rz5NyTW-8)\n* [Q&A: Why do college acceptance rates keep dropping??!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZ_pY70yxk)\n* [Q&A: Can a high SAT score counter a low GPA??!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFW8yt1WU30)",
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"text": "Pin this!",
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"ew1rtf8": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1rtf8/",
"text": "PIN THIS BEAUTIFUL HUMAN'S POST.",
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"ew1w1hu": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1w1hu/",
"text": "YOU'RE SO NICE",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
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}
}
},
"ew1s7rh": {
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"text": "Absolute legend",
"author": "Onixonda",
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"ew1w0yt": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1w0yt/",
"text": "Thanks, Onix",
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}
}
},
"ew28y8p": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew28y8p/",
"text": "The hero we all needed",
"author": "Plank_o14",
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},
"ew1kr1t": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1kr1t/",
"text": "Thanks a lot man! I didn\u2019t even know CommonApp had these resources",
"author": "UltmteAvngr",
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},
"ew1ov80": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1ov80/",
"text": "thaks!",
"author": null,
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"ew1pn35": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1pn35/",
"text": "no prolem!",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
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}
}
},
"ew1q3vz": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1q3vz/",
"text": "Niiice",
"author": "shadowpreachersv",
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"replies": {
"ew1w245": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1w245/",
"text": "Hell yeah, dude",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565032730,
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}
}
},
"ew1te9b": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1te9b/",
"text": "RemindMe! 1 month",
"author": "officiakimkardashian",
"created": 1565031035,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1uhvc": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1uhvc/",
"text": "!remindme 2 weeks",
"author": "richchigger",
"created": 1565031735,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1veco": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1veco/",
"text": "Oh my goodness, you're a savior. <3",
"author": "kyung_joo",
"created": 1565032311,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew1vzly": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1vzly/",
"text": "<3 Glad I could be of help!",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565032686,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew1vh33": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1vh33/",
"text": "!remindme 1 year",
"author": "mmjay00",
"created": 1565032360,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ewl3ogr": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ewl3ogr/",
"text": "Remind me! One year",
"author": "-Paufa-",
"created": 1565504512,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew1vkco": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1vkco/",
"text": "thank you so much for this!!",
"author": "annayyy",
"created": 1565032417,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1won1": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1won1/",
"text": "!remindme 5 days",
"author": "antarjyot",
"created": 1565033126,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1x11d": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1x11d/",
"text": "!Remindme 1 day",
"author": "Gradians",
"created": 1565033344,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1zxud": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1zxud/",
"text": "Thank you so much for this!",
"author": null,
"created": 1565035163,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew215jq": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew215jq/",
"text": "Thanks! Commenting so I can\u2019t not use this!",
"author": "qghop",
"created": 1565035925,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew225bq": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew225bq/",
"text": "Make this man a mod",
"author": "FinalPush",
"created": 1565036547,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew25fs8": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew25fs8/",
"text": "Might end up applying if mod apps come up again but I'm only a junior lmao",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565038664,
"upvotes": 4,
"replies": {
"ew2ei1e": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2ei1e/",
"text": "as in a rising junior? good lord if you put this much effort into this i can't wait to see how well you'll do next year, this is amazing dude props",
"author": "KS1618",
"created": 1565044712,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2il53": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2il53/",
"text": "Yeah, I'm a rising junior. I've been on this sub since freshman year (mostly lurking, but I got active end of sophomore year), so I got the advice early on. Just trying to pass it on to those who need it! \n\nThank you for your kind words",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565047612,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
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"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew26y14/",
"text": "u/storm2921",
"author": "kamicazepy",
"created": 1565039657,
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},
"ew27u0m": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew27u0m/",
"text": "Thank you for doing this.",
"author": "ElusiveBoat",
"created": 1565040243,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew29630": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew29630/",
"text": "You're welcome. It's still a work in progress for sure, though.",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565041123,
"upvotes": 3,
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}
}
},
"ew28jyi": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew28jyi/",
"text": "I'm a broke senior, but here's a silver for this amazing resource",
"author": "yanzhex",
"created": 1565040719,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2946r": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2946r/",
"text": "Dude, thank you! I'll keep updating it tonight, so stay tuned.",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565041090,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew29al4": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew29al4/",
"text": "This is so helpful!",
"author": "c0ffee4ever",
"created": 1565041208,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew2ce0w": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2ce0w/",
"text": "I love you",
"author": "E_coli42",
"created": 1565043254,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2npzo": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2npzo/",
"text": "<3",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565051322,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew2ct2o": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2ct2o/",
"text": "!remindme two weeks",
"author": "UnconsciousAwareness",
"created": 1565043538,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew2efh9": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2efh9/",
"text": "you, my friend, are truly a savior",
"author": "KS1618",
"created": 1565044663,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2npii": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2npii/",
"text": "I'm glad I helped!",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
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"upvotes": 1,
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}
}
},
"ew2g9qe": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2g9qe/",
"text": "Absolute legend \ud83d\ude4f",
"author": "S-tuFFs",
"created": 1565045950,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew2iw7h": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2iw7h/",
"text": "Resources that help with scholarships might help some people too (I honestly don't see that much stuff about scholarships on this sub anyway). \n\nI also have a question: would it be wise for me, as a rising junior, to bookmark this post right now?",
"author": "harbar2021",
"created": 1565047829,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2k40w": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2k40w/",
"text": "That's a good idea. Maybe that'll be the next installment. \n\nLol, I'm a junior too. I would bookmark it so that you can hold onto it and find it if you need it. Better safe than sorry.",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565048721,
"upvotes": 1,
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},
"ew4eys0": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew4eys0/",
"text": "I have a few posts you can find in my profile. I think there might be a few more, but here are the ones I could find just now.\n\n1. [Scholarship list for International Students](https://www.reddit.com/r/IntltoUSA/comments/aztnqz/heres_a_good_resource_for_finding_scholarships/)\n\n2. [The best US schools for International Students needing financial aid](https://www.reddit.com/r/IntltoUSA/comments/96ahq5/the_best_us_schools_for_international_students/)\n\n3. [Massive list of full ride scholarship programs](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/azu8o2/change_your_trajectory_full_ride_scholarship/)\n\n4. [Some reputable places to find scholarships](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/aqnqrz/some_reputable_places_to_find_scholarships/)\n\n5. [How to win a significant amount of scholarship aid](https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/am38cm/the_ultimate_guide_to_scholarships/)",
"author": "ScholarGrade",
"created": 1565109193,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {
"ew4jkyn": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew4jkyn/",
"text": "Thank you so much!",
"author": "harbar2021",
"created": 1565112003,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
}
}
},
"ew2nfqk": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2nfqk/",
"text": "I love you and this",
"author": "movirgurl1234",
"created": 1565051115,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew2nnpn": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2nnpn/",
"text": "love u too homie",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565051276,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew2yhjx": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2yhjx/",
"text": "As a lost senior, you don\u2019t know how much I love you right now",
"author": "wangsenpai",
"created": 1565059089,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew33rli": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew33rli/",
"text": "I'm glad I could help. I'll try to make a few more guides for stuff in the coming days, since I have a lot of summer assignments to procrastinate on",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565063285,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew63vr9": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew63vr9/",
"text": "legendaric",
"author": "naijagyal",
"created": 1565153132,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ewc9bcn": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ewc9bcn/",
"text": "Thank you so much",
"author": "Windexx_Boy",
"created": 1565280633,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ex4l3m5": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ex4l3m5/",
"text": "Having this kind of unfettered access to insider knowledge about the college admissions process truly boggles my mind. Thank you so much!",
"author": "mercury_6",
"created": 1566006574,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ezxviqt": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ezxviqt/",
"text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH for \"Hacking.\" It saved my fucking life. John Dewis deserves a Nobel fucking Prize.",
"author": "MohammadRezaPahlavi",
"created": 1568250733,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"f0n500y": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/f0n500y/",
"text": "This youtube channel has 360 full campus tour video of 90+ top colleges.\n\nThe Art of College (link: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF80ItSXNzvgPiSoGKANx2g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF80ItSXNzvgPiSoGKANx2g) )\n\nI started it after I began visiting top colleges two years ago, walking & driving around campus with a 360 camera so my students could get a REAL full campus tour without the costs of flying out for a physical visit.\n\nLooking \"down\", you'll see some pretty useful stats:\n\n\\- USNews rank from 2009 - 2014 - 2019 (2020 ranks will be updated next month, these vids take a long time to render)\n\n\\- Full Cost of Attendance. This information is harder to come by than you think, I couldn't find it aggregated somewhere so I went to every school's website and added up tuition+room+board+fees+insurance, basically everything you need to budget for 1 school year.\n\n\\- Average starting salary from Payscale.com\n\n\\- SAT ranges\n\n\\- Deadlines\n\n\\- Nearest major city and associated stats\n\n​\n\nI hope it helps all you kids who are applying and need to get a visual of the place. Selecting which schools to apply to is a major life decision and you need all the resources you can get!\n\n​\n\nHalf the vids are in 5k and have drone/walking footage on the main quad, library and student center (I only went to those places so comparisons are easier). The other half is in 4k and being updated with better footage.\n\nAbout 20 have 360 drone footage, if you ever wished you were a bird, you'll enjoy these\n\n​\n\n​\n\nGoodluck everyone!",
"author": "0932313521",
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},
"f1xgara": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/f1xgara/",
"text": "Ahhhh found this website that helps with a good majority of things on that list for freeeee \ud83d\udc83\ud83d\udc83: \n\ncollegeapproach.org",
"author": "Insha_com",
"created": 1569797947,
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"replies": {}
},
"f39panl": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/f39panl/",
"text": "OMG thank you so much!! This literally just saved me from countless hours of late night browsing.",
"author": "vivscicle",
"created": 1570753038,
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},
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"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1mbl9/",
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"ew1uj6u": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1uj6u/",
"text": "!remindme 3 weeks",
"author": "richchigger",
"created": 1565031757,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1ujpk": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1ujpk/",
"text": "!remindme 4 weeks",
"author": "richchigger",
"created": 1565031767,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
},
"ew1ukd3": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew1ukd3/",
"text": "!remindme 5 weeks",
"author": "richchigger",
"created": 1565031779,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew2l774": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2l774/",
"text": "Hi ily",
"author": "Adamkadaban",
"created": 1565049516,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {
"ew2noid": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2noid/",
"text": "ily2",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565051292,
"upvotes": 2,
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}
}
},
"ew2lqlq": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2lqlq/",
"text": "ily for this \ud83d\udc95",
"author": "tinyteas",
"created": 1565049905,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {
"ew2nowb": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2nowb/",
"text": "\ud83d\udc9e",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565051300,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew2m6dt": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2m6dt/",
"text": "legit Thanks bro...this has/will save so much time for a lot us!",
"author": null,
"created": 1565050216,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {
"ew2no6j": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2no6j/",
"text": "no problem!",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565051285,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
},
"ew2q7gm": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2q7gm/",
"text": "God Bless You!!!",
"author": "Dylan420691",
"created": 1565053090,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
},
"ew2u82y": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2u82y/",
"text": "Thank you so much...",
"author": "Unparadoxical",
"created": 1565055987,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
},
"ew2vvxw": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2vvxw/",
"text": "THANK YOU (LMAO I'm C/O 2021 but I'll take what I can get :) )",
"author": "EOHFA",
"created": 1565057191,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {
"ew2xwg3": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew2xwg3/",
"text": "Eyy, I'm 2021 as well!",
"author": "a2cthrowaway321123",
"created": 1565058659,
"upvotes": 2,
"replies": {
"ew3t190": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew3t190/",
"text": "Ayyy",
"author": "EOHFA",
"created": 1565093920,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
}
}
}
}
},
"ew3bhh5": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew3bhh5/",
"text": "You are amazing. This is just what I needed. Thank you, so much. You're the best!",
"author": null,
"created": 1565071148,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
},
"ew3ggno": {
"link": "/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cmcu72/masterpost_of_common_app_resources/ew3ggno/",
"text": "you are a literal godsend thank u so much",
"author": "moonchild433",
"created": 1565077652,
"upvotes": 1,
"replies": {}
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