Beyond the personal statement, many top schools require applicants to submit supplemental essays answering various questions, like why they chose their intended major or why they are applying to a ...

Writing a college admissions essay is a little bit like going through a job interview. The prompts sound roughly like this: Tell us about a situation or task you encountered, what you did and what the ...

As the college admissions process becomes increasingly competitive, the college essay stands out as a crucial opportunity for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. With the Common App officially ...

Whether it is finding where Waldo really is, considering who Sally sells her seashells to or exploring what can actually be divided by zero, every University of Chicago undergraduate since the 1980s ...

With affirmative action banned, application essays ask about “life experience,” the one place in admissions where discussing race is still explicitly legal. By Anemona Hartocollis and Colbi Edmonds — ...