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

Recently an earnest Junior at Connecticut's Cheshire Academy asked a panel of admissions professionals, “What are you looking for in a college application essay?” I responded, “Your story, in your own ...

OPINION: Despite bans on using AI for college applications, there are ways to use the tool that make sense, Stacey Brook writes.

US NOW. HOW THEY CAN GET PREPARED. DEIRDRE CYNTHIA MUTCHNICK IS THE AUTHOR OF WRITING SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE APPLICATION PENS. HERE ARE HER THREE TIPS TO MAKE YOUR ESSAY FLOW. NOW, ONE OF THE TRICKS YOU ...

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

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U.S. colleges like Brown, Duke & Vanderbilt are reshaping admissions with video essays, letting students showcase ...

Elon Musk has done it again: he’s in the news. At times, his clickable comments are bombastic and jarring simply for the sake of turning heads. But his and other experts’ call for a pause on all AI ...

Writing a college admissions essay is hard. But using AI could backfire badly. - Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Every fall, high school students applying to college ...

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An increasing number of colleges have policies on how applicants can use GenAI tools in their admissions essays, but most ...

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