The most challenging part of college applications is typically writing essays.

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: What you leave ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...

The college essay is the bane of many high school seniors’ existence. Students belabor the essay prompts, writing draft after draft in pursuit of elusive perfection. Their essays are reviewed by ...

Students typically fill out the “Common App,” which is accepted by more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Most of the questions are straightforward, with the exception of the Activities section ...

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen ...

We fed ChatGPT, OpenAI’s new natural language tool, college essay questions for the 2022-2023 academic year. Here’s what it wrote. The new technology could pose a challenge for college admissions ...

Olivier Knox is the son of college professors and worked in admissions as a student at his dream school. He has a 100% ...

Every fall, high school students applying to college face an intimidating task: They must write a stylish, memorable essay that will boost their admissions chances. So who can blame them when they ...

Changes made to the University’s supplemental essay prompts during this time came in the midst of the Supreme Court’s 2023 ...