Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was ...

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

AI May Be Scoring Your College Essay. Welcome to the New Era of Admissions Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal ...

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: What you leave out of your personal essay may matter more than what you put in. Many ...

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 ...

College applications open Aug. 1, and students applying to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for the fall semester have a little more than a month to submit their early applications directly to ...

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.

As weird as it sounds, I’m starting to think I was accepted into NYU on the basis of mediocrity. And by mediocrity, I mean how I wanted to go into a humanities field in a household where success is ...

Tell us about a challenge you faced and how you overcame it. Reflect on a moment when your actions made a difference for others. Describe one of your passions and why it lights you up. These aren't ...