Success on this portion of the application involves embracing a paradox: the further you venture from your resume, the more effective an essay is likely to be.

Let me dispel any notion that the college essay is dead or that this new technology will end my career as a writing teacher. Contrary to popular belief, we writing teachers believe more in the ...

With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge.

(The whole essay, which Sharples considered graduate-level, is available, complete with references, here.) Personally, I lean toward a B+. The passage reads like filler, but so do most student essays.

College application essays are where you can demonstrate your writing skills and let your unique voice shine. "They're such an amazing and crucial opportunity to really shape how admissions ...

Amid a sea of applications, college hopefuls have just a few opportunities to stand out: grade-point average and test scores; extracurricular activities; and, of arguably increasing importance, the ...

Can ChatGPT write a good college-admissions essay? As a sought-after tutor, I needed an answer to this question. So I conducted an experiment.

More and more high school seniors are getting political on their college applications — and it’s paying off. Applicants writing about volunteering for conservative organizations or even door ...

The college essay role in earning a degree is to make sure students can do more than just regurgitate what they learned – it’s to make them show they actually understand it.

When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, it left the college essay as one of few places where race can play a role in admissions decisions.

Then, students face supplemental essays. Many colleges, including almost all the most competitive ones, require an essay that is specific to the school.