r/ApplyingToCollege

976K archived posts · Oct 2013 – Sep 2026

ApplyingToCollege

r/ApplyingToCollege

r/ApplyingToCollege is the premier forum for college admissions questions, advice, and discussions, from college essays and scholarships to college list help and application advice, career guidance, and more. A2C supports a welcoming and inclusive environment. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying are not tolerated.

Created Aug 2, 2013

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####/r/ApplyingToCollege is the premier forum for college admissions questions, advice, and discussions, from college essays and scholarships to SAT/ACT test prep, career guidance, and more.

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#Discord

A2C Discord

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#Filter Posts by:

Best of A2C
AMAs
Interviews Rec Letters
Essays
Financial Aid

#Rules for Participating

(1) Be nice! A2C supports a welcoming and inclusive environment. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying are not tolerated. Vulgar, derogatory, disrespectful speech is not permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and bigotry or discrimination of any kind, overt or subtle. Remember the human and follow the reddiquette.

(2) Admissions-related discussion. We love to see posts asking questions or creating discussion about all facets of postsecondary (undergraduate) education around the world. If you’re doing this, you should be ok! You are welcome here; this subreddit is not just for highly selective colleges.

(3) Spam and solicitations are not permitted on r/ApplyingToCollege. This includes surveys and polls, YouTube videos, chat links, and offering services of any kind. For more information on what is not permitted, please click here.

(4) Chance-me posts, where you provide your information and list of schools and ask about your chances of admission at those schools, are prohibited.

(5) AMA posts on r/ApplyingToCollege are subject to regulation. For more information about the requirements to host an AMA, please click here.

(6) Posts and comments dedicated to Affirmative Action will be removed. For more information, please click here.

(7) Do not post sensitive or unethical information. This includes essays, personally-identifiable information, or questions about lying/cheating the process.

(8) All tongue-in-cheek, fluff, and generic shitposting must be reserved for Shitpost Wednesday. Wednesday is defined in US Eastern Time.

(9) Other posts and comments may be removed at moderator discretion. For a complete listing of our subreddit's rules, please click here

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#Admissions Resources

Wiki

Decision Calendar

FAQ

AMAs

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#Related Subreddits

/r/ACT

/r/SAT

/r/psat

/r/ReverseChanceMe

/r/collegeresults

/r/CollegeEssays

/r/college

/r/GradSchool

/r/GradAdmissions

/r/IntltoUSA

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#More

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