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

The personal essay is an essential component of your application. How compelling it is — or isn't — can make or break your acceptance.

No application fee, no essay, no recommendation letters and guaranteed admission. It almost sounds too good to be true, but ...

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Writing college essays that stand out is a critical step in the college admissions process. College admissions officers read thousands of essays each year, and a compelling essay can make a ...

On a blustery spring Thursday, just after midterms, I went out for noodles with Alex and Eugene, two undergraduates at New York University, to talk about how they use artificial intelligence in their ...

After Julia Dixon graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014, her family and friends asked for her help with the college application process. Dixon was happy to share her recently earned ...

Your application journey includes creating an impressive college admissions essay, which holds great importance. This essay allows you to showcase your personality, which cannot be deduced from your ...

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Did you know that some of the 2025-2026 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you need to show and tell a story that ...

Will Geiger estimates that he read about 10,000 college application essays over the course of a years-long career in college admissions and scholarships before ChatGPT came on the scene in 2022.

New York has more colleges that give legacy preferences than any other state, accounting for roughly one in every seven schools that use this practice nationwide. While this practice remains ...