One thought he was getting to know “Eliza” and was robbed of his life savings. The other was trafficked to a scam compound, ...

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

Though it isn't a golden ticket, a strong transfer essay may boost an applicant's odds of admission. In a 2018 National Association for College Admission Counseling survey, 41.5% of colleges polled ...

Writing a college essay is a rite of passage for many students applying to attend a college or university in the United States. Although each institution has its own application requirements, most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brennan Barnard writes about the nuances of college admission. If you are looking for the “secret formula” for writing a “winning” ...

In a newly published essay titled "We Are the Last Humans to Think Alone," entrepreneur and category pioneer Richard ...

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

What happened? To answer that, it helps to consider what gave rise to the personal essay’s ubiquity in the first place. Around 2008, several factors converged. In preceding years, private blogs and ...

When Jeffrey Wang was a high-school senior in Connecticut in 2014, he wasn't sure what to write about for his college application essay. He thought about writing his essay on a subject he enjoyed at ...