r/Essay_Experts

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

I am in the process of applying to Harvard College as an international student from the Dominican Republic. I have completed my Common App Personal Essay (650 words) and all five Harvard supplemental essays.

I would love to find someone willing to read them with a critical and honest eye. I am not looking for someone to rewrite or correct them for me. What matters most to me is understanding:

• What impression do I leave on you after you read them?
• What specific aspects of my personality do you remember?
• Does the essay truly allow you to get to know me as a person?
• Are there parts that feel forced, confusing, or unauthentic?
• What would you change or strengthen if you were in my shoes?

If you are a current Harvard student, have navigated a competitive admissions process, work with college application essays, or simply have experience reviewing Personal Statements, I would greatly appreciate your perspective.

I am happy to send the essays via direct message. Thank you so much in advance for any feedback!

I have been writing personal essays for several years. Most are about faith, family, work, mistakes I have made, and trying to understand why people, including me, do the things we do. I would like to start publishing them somewhere like Substack or Medium, but I want some honest feedback first.

I am looking for someone to tell me where you got bored, where I rambled, what did not make sense, what needed more detail, and what I should cut. I can take criticism as long as it is meant to help and not merely to prove that Reddit remains Reddit.

I am happy to do the same for you if you have essays or other writing you would like someone to read. We can exchange one piece to start and see whether it is useful to both of us.

If you are interested, send me a message.

Hey everyone,
I’m looking for reliable freelance writers to help out with academic assignments and papers in the humanities space (topics including history, literature, philosophy, sociology, education, and related fields).

Just finished my first draft and would love some honest feedback on the story, voice, flow, and whether it actually feels memorable/personal.

Happy to exchange essays and give feedback in return. Prefer sharing through DMs for privacy. Thanks! :)

I graduated high school and I am trying to write a motivation essay to apply for university of Rome Tor vergata. I am having such a hard time writing because I dont know how to form my words and I keep asking ai to review my essay and it keeps on criticising my essay. It's either giving me way too much high vocabulary use to show my competence or making me tone down do sound really impactful. It's also saying I'm either writing a sob story or writing like a machine with no real touch. I keep on modifying it and re writing it but I always end up with flaws. Can someone genuinely read my essay out , review this and help me ? Here's my essay:

From my earliest memories, I was held accountable for my younger siblings. As the eldest child in a conservative household in Oman, supporting them and assisting with their education became a central part of my daily life. Navigating strict household expectations while carving out my own independence taught me early on how to make decisions under pressure, resolve interpersonal conflicts, and evaluate competing perspectives. Pursuing an international university degree is a deliberate step toward building my own path as the first woman in my family to study abroad.

​I brought this same sense of responsibility into my school community. Over two years, I progressed from Vice-Captain to House Captain while simultaneously serving as Captain of the girls' handball team—a role that required persistent negotiation at home due to traditional academic expectations. As House Captain, when council members unexpectedly failed to report for duty shifts during major school events, I reorganized operational schedules on the spot and covered the vacant positions myself. Maintaining seamless operations under pressure reinforced that leadership is fundamentally about operational accountability when systems fail.

​My perspective was broadened by attending an English-medium school alongside students from Sudan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Egypt. Interacting daily within this multicultural environment demonstrated how global policy decisions affect different populations in distinct ways. Participating in Model United Nations as the delegate of Egypt—debating resource allocations and environmental governance along the Nile River—further developed my analytical skills. It confirmed that whether addressing resource distribution or public infrastructure, effective governance must prioritize human security.

​My involvement in sports further highlighted the stark realities of healthcare access. Watching a teammate’s family endure severe financial strain following a major sports injury made me acutely aware of our own vulnerability as an expatriate family. In Oman, state healthcare is fully subsidized for citizens, whereas non-citizen families must bear high out-of-pocket costs for private medical care. Experiencing this disparity firsthand demonstrated how institutional frameworks and legal status can turn basic health access into a privilege, leaving migrant communities financially exposed.

​I am applying to the Bachelor of Arts in Global Governance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata to understand how public policies are designed, evaluated, and reformed across transnational contexts. The program’s interdisciplinary integration of economics, law, and global health directly aligns with my goal of addressing institutional inequalities. Studying in Rome will provide the rigorous academic framework and global environment required to build a career dedicated to equitable healthcare policy and international public administration.

finished by bachelor thesis and would need help for someone in political science to read through it. willing to pay for good feedback!

hai yall! I'm Marie Eve, a 12th grader. I have won Gold Finalist Award twice and a Gold in Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, have been shortlisted twice in John Locke Essay Competition and subsequently awarded Very High Commendation for my essays. I'm also a published author of an historical novel, have been shortlisted in Adroit's Prizes for Prose and Poetry and also published a small editorial in NYT. SO yes, I've had a lot of experience in the humanities section. I've taken a gap year, so I'm pretty much free for many days. I've always loved reading and evaluating essays and writing pieces, so I thought that to even further broaden my skills, I would help you guys by reading your essays. I can suggest some changes, help in giving a fresh critique. Please do not send sensitive information, like your college app essays. This is supposed to be a sort of volunteer space, not a paid program to enhance your college essay or extracurricular profile. I would not use AI on your pieces or share it to whatsoever global database or plagiarize it. Here below is the link to my google form. You need not type out any personal information, just your reddit handle so I can contact you easily. If you want, I can share the proof of the validation of my achievements and my genuineness. Also, please note that depending on the amount of replies I receive, I might take some time to reply. Share at your own risk, though. If you're concerned about plagiarism and do not feel okay with sharing your essay, don't. However, if you really want someone to review your piece, I recommend first time-stamping your piece to have the proof of authorship. I'm not saying I'm a fraud, but as a writer, it is your responsibility to be skeptical of what you share to online peers. That said, here's the link:

https://forms.gle/64xiqN11vMU4e2o26

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I’m not looking for “this is good!” — I want the harsh, critical feedback. Tell me what feels cliché, forced, unclear, overly dramatic, or just doesn’t work. 😭

If you’re willing to tear it apart (constructively), please DM me!

Hi everyone!

I feel like this is the single most important advice I got when writing my essays, show don’t tell. It seems trivial, even obvious, but that central theme got me into Harvard and Stanford. How’s it going for folks? Anything y’all are struggling with in particular?

P.S.I’m going to be coaching some students through their college process this fall/just proofreading essays. No set price, I’ll work with you. Feel free to DM me if you’re interested!