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  1. OliviaJames

    What are the most common mistakes students make in their essays?

    I thought I was being so clever. My prof asked for a 5-page analysis of symbolism in The Great Gatsby, and I thought I’d knock it out of the park by making it super "stylish." You know, big words, complex sentences that go on forever... yeah, turns out I just made it impossible to read. It got...
  2. OliviaJames

    This 500 word essay on cellular respiration might actually break me ☕

    I've been staring at my laptop screen for four hours, and I swear the mitochondria is starting to look like it's mocking me. The assignment sounds simple enough—just a 500 word essay explaining the process of cellular respiration for my intro bio class. Simple, right? Wrong. The problem is that...
  3. OliviaJames

    I paid someone to write my college essay for me and i don't regret it

    I've been scrolling through this forum for a while, and I see so much shame and guilt around using writing services. People calling it cheating. People saying you don't deserve your acceptance. People acting like it's a moral failing. And I need to offer a different perspective. Because I'm a...
  4. OliviaJames

    My rhetorical analysis essay totally bombed and here's what i learned

    I need to share my failure so maybe someone else avoids it. First rhetorical analysis essay of the semester. I picked a political ad, watched it once, and wrote three pages about how it made me feel and whether I agreed with it. Got a D. The feedback just said "this is summary and opinion, not...
  5. OliviaJames

    Argumentative writing is basically just fighting with evidence and i love it

    I finally figured out what argumentative writing actually means and it's just... arguing? Like formally, with sources and citations and structure? Why did no one tell me it was this simple? I spent my whole first year stressing about "academic arguments" like it was some mystical skill, but it's...
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