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As of February 7, 2024
r/CollegeEssays
College Essays
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A subreddit dedicated to asking questions and sharing resources about college application essays in all their many forms. Discussion about common app, UC essays, supplemental, scholarships, extracurricular sections, and more are welcome. Always remember the human!
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4,497
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12,081
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September 29, 2014
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September 29, 2014
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Total Words in Subreddit
388,652
Total Words in Reddit
119,924,722,855
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 4,233 | 921,239 | 10891.5 | 7.7 | 1417.83 | |
| #2 | 1,004 | 484,443 | 2583.3 | 4.0 | 639.50 | |
| #3 | 44 | 22,565 | 113.2 | 0.2 | 601.68 | |
| #4 | 59 | 68,596 | 151.8 | 0.6 | 265.40 | |
| #5 | applyingtocollege applyingtocollege | 40 | 50,318 | 102.9 | 0.4 | 245.29 |
| #6 | 151 | 190,409 | 388.5 | 1.6 | 244.70 | |
| #7 | 109 | 145,725 | 280.5 | 1.2 | 230.80 | |
| #8 | 97 | 135,918 | 249.6 | 1.1 | 220.21 | |
| #9 | 309 | 504,759 | 795.1 | 4.2 | 188.90 | |
| #10 | 37 | 66,097 | 95.2 | 0.6 | 172.73 | |
| #11 | 50 | 103,012 | 128.6 | 0.9 | 149.77 | |
| #12 | 41 | 89,530 | 105.5 | 0.7 | 141.31 | |
| #13 | 32 | 73,523 | 82.3 | 0.6 | 134.30 | |
| #14 | 41 | 118,291 | 105.5 | 1.0 | 106.95 | |
| #15 | 61 | 185,310 | 157.0 | 1.5 | 101.57 | |
| #16 | extracurriculars extracurriculars | 38 | 115,601 | 97.8 | 1.0 | 101.43 |
| #17 | 166 | 563,384 | 427.1 | 4.7 | 90.92 | |
| #18 | 203 | 803,793 | 522.3 | 6.7 | 77.93 | |
| #19 | 39 | 155,728 | 100.3 | 1.3 | 77.28 | |
| #20 | 83 | 333,897 | 213.6 | 2.8 | 76.70 | |
| #21 | 46 | 198,787 | 118.4 | 1.7 | 71.40 | |
| #22 | 61 | 271,974 | 157.0 | 2.3 | 69.21 | |
| #23 | 56 | 259,023 | 144.1 | 2.2 | 66.71 | |
| #24 | 34 | 167,541 | 87.5 | 1.4 | 62.62 | |
| #25 | 49 | 243,698 | 126.1 | 2.0 | 62.04 | |
| #26 | 49 | 261,122 | 126.1 | 2.2 | 57.90 | |
| #27 | 38 | 209,154 | 97.8 | 1.7 | 56.06 | |
| #28 | 57 | 327,284 | 146.7 | 2.7 | 53.74 | |
| #29 | 282 | 1,635,538 | 725.6 | 13.6 | 53.20 | |
| #30 | 75 | 442,582 | 193.0 | 3.7 | 52.29 | |
| #31 | 360 | 2,209,230 | 926.3 | 18.4 | 50.28 | |
| #32 | 49 | 306,723 | 126.1 | 2.6 | 49.29 | |
| #33 | 55 | 359,239 | 141.5 | 3.0 | 47.24 | |
| #34 | 32 | 214,728 | 82.3 | 1.8 | 45.98 | |
| #35 | 66 | 447,987 | 169.8 | 3.7 | 45.46 | |
| #36 | 68 | 473,994 | 175.0 | 4.0 | 44.27 | |
| #37 | 35 | 259,584 | 90.1 | 2.2 | 41.60 | |
| #38 | 118 | 876,336 | 303.6 | 7.3 | 41.55 | |
| #39 | 80 | 630,618 | 205.8 | 5.3 | 39.14 | |
| #40 | 1,391 | 11,692,383 | 3579.0 | 97.5 | 36.71 | |
| #41 | 53 | 452,195 | 136.4 | 3.8 | 36.17 | |
| #42 | 34 | 290,137 | 87.5 | 2.4 | 36.16 | |
| #43 | 86 | 762,375 | 221.3 | 6.4 | 34.81 | |
| #44 | 61 | 542,016 | 157.0 | 4.5 | 34.73 | |
| #45 | 964 | 8,662,810 | 2480.4 | 72.2 | 34.34 | |
| #46 | 49 | 449,330 | 126.1 | 3.7 | 33.65 | |
| #47 | 38 | 361,383 | 97.8 | 3.0 | 32.45 | |
| #48 | 60 | 585,958 | 154.4 | 4.9 | 31.60 | |
| #49 | 79 | 778,598 | 203.3 | 6.5 | 31.31 | |
| #50 | 1,177 | 11,922,004 | 3028.4 | 99.4 | 30.46 |
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