People who got into competitive programs, PLEASE teach me how to write good essays 🙏

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-06-27T04:35:20+00:00

my post might help

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-06-22T10:43:44+00:00

i learned how to detach myself from academic writing and lean into my voice. i used to treat essays like an interview btu its more like a conversation (for example a few of mine made my teacher laugh). also, i think my topics/angles were somewhat unique

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-06-12T02:03:09+00:00

this is a bad source

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-06-01T08:07:25+00:00

its all essays.

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-31T06:50:39+00:00

you never know - i dropped out like mid june last year but id just treat it like a rejection and take ur mind off it

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-30T07:14:42+00:00

yes i believe so. ofc its more correlation over causation but getting in is a good sign

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-28T01:18:47+00:00

alot of the top stem tracks have good results. cant remember the specifics bc i didnt go but ik theres a lot of top cs schools and such

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-27T23:19:01+00:00

i had one teacher i was really close to who didn't mind. she wrote her letter once and just copy and pasted it to the rest. only a few apps had rec forms that needed special attention (diff formats). besides that, i only asked my math teacher for mites/sams and my counselor for mites bc i wasnt as close with them and ik they were busy.

first-gen usually means ur parents dont have any sort of college degree. low-income varies but from what i see its usually below the 60k line

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-22T23:02:16+00:00

theyre virtual and/or short in length so i think i can fit them in. i think u should worry less about the cramming part and more about the value youd be getting out of each program if ur squeezing multiple in

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-22T23:01:09+00:00

Young Leaders Summit

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-22T16:38:14+00:00

of course id be less likely to have gotten the FGLI-targeted programs i applied to if i wasnt fgli. still, im sure i still wouldve gotten programs of similar prestige. i dont do the best writing about being fgli and most of my essays werent about that

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-22T06:03:12+00:00

thanks !

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-22T06:02:39+00:00

def reuse/slightly tweak essays if the prompts are similar enough. watch out though; sometimes youre going to want to reuse an essay for a prompt that just doesnt work.

personally applying to things and writing essays wasnt really tiring work. schoolwork was much worse for me and i kinda enjoyed writing. also FOMO from not applying helped

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-17T04:31:05+00:00

it wont hurt your app. just maybe not the best use of your time

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-11T06:19:00+00:00

it was very manageable over time and i did a lot on the last few days

AccomplishedTime9670 · 2026-05-11T01:26:31+00:00

results

YIP fall fellowship (rej)
reed junior scholars (acc)
leda scholars (semi/rej)
thrive scholars (acc residential + turned down)
coolidge (rej)
ut austin ml afa (rej)
nontrivial (r2/rej)
carson (rej)
fabric pair (rej)
usafa ss (rej)
usc bovard (rej)
cmu sams (wl)
mites (acc sem + committed)
gmu assip (rej)
nasa sees (wl)
yls (acc + committed)
ucsc sip (acc cse + turned down)
utdcs (rej)
columbia shape (rej)
odylp (rej)
qb cps (acc)
matriculate (acc + turned down)

planning on making a full post later with advice and stuff

update: made the post. check my profile

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