In recent weeks, a wave of prestigious schools has announced that they will no longer require students to submit supplemental ...

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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 ...

A student bragged on TikTok that he climbed Kilimanjaro, wrote about it in his essay and got into Yale. Another student ...

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As someone who has spent more than two decades helping high school students navigate how to write personal essays for their college applications, I regularly advise them to answer prompts fully, stick ...

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Parents often ask me whether their kids should use AI to write their college essays. I say they should only do so after ...

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Ethan knew his college application essay was not perfect, but he believed every sentence sounded like him. He had spent weeks ...