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 ...

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

College application essay prompts often ask students to offer an example of a challenge they've faced, followed by a description of what they've learned from that experience. However, candidates often ...

Your essay should reveal the real you, not read like a resume, expert says. Sept. 2, 2010— -- When it comes to applying to college, many students fear the personal essay above all. Bari Norman, a ...

A study conducted by AdmitSee, an undergraduate and graduate application-sharing platform created by University of Pennsylvania students, found students who used certain words, wrote about certain ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — With college application deadlines looming, the pressure is on for high school seniors to write the perfect essay. But what are schools really looking for? And what role should parents play ...

Parents: sit down before you read this. Kids: deep breaths. You know that beautifully crafted, deeply felt, highly unusual college application essay you’ve been polishing? It might not make a ...

They studied hard for three years with an eye on their GPAs, took college admissions tests multiple times and devoted hours to sports practice or play rehearsals, community service projects or clubs.

We recently showed you some of the craziest essay prompts from college applications in which students are asked to ponder everything from giant mustard containers to the potential difficulties of ...

John F. Kennedy's college application essay for Harvard University is attracting attention on Twitter nearly 90 years after it was written. Words from the essay were shared on Feb. 1 by a Twitter user ...

Mackenzie Fierceton is accused of faking details about her life to gain admission to Penn and a Rhodes scholarship. But her story is not an isolated case. NY Post photo composite The story of ...