Prompt guides, deadline lists, and essay strategy by school.
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Prompt libraries
School prompts & deadlines
Browse 75 colleges with deadlines, number of essays, selectivity, and supplemental prompts.
No supplemental essay colleges
Find colleges marked as no-supplement after source verification, without mixing in unknown rows.
Optional supplemental essays
Find colleges where school-specific writing is optional or mixed, then decide when to write extra.
Common App supplements
Compare Common App schools that add college-specific writing beyond the personal statement.
One supplemental essay colleges
Find colleges with exactly one school-specific supplement when you need a lighter essay workload.
Why Us essay colleges
Compare colleges that ask applicants to explain academic, community, or campus fit.
Supplemental essay word limits
Sort college supplements by listed writing load before you decide which essays need more time.
Early Action deadlines
Plan Early Action and Restrictive Early Action essays before the November crunch.
Early Decision deadlines
Plan Early Decision and Early Decision II essays by date and school writing load.
Early Decision II deadlines
Track January binding-decision deadlines after December results reshape the school list.
Regular Decision deadlines
Compare Regular Decision deadlines with school-specific supplemental essay counts.
Common App prompts
All seven Common App prompts with deep prompt-by-prompt analysis.
UC PIQ prompts
All eight UC Personal Insight Questions and how to choose four.
ApplyTexas prompts
How school-specific ApplyTexas essays and short answers work.
Coalition prompts
All six Coalition Application essay prompts with planning notes.
Essay guides
Common App essay guide
Structure, openings, revision, and prompt selection for the 650-word essay.
Supplemental essays guide
Portfolio strategy for school-specific essays across your full list.
Why Us essay guide
Research and structure a school-specific fit essay without sounding generic.
UC essay guide
Choose four PIQs, avoid overlap, and make each 350-word response count.
ApplyTexas essay guide
Plan Texas essays by institution, major, and short-answer requirement.
Coalition essay guide
Choose a Coalition prompt and reuse Common App material carefully.
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