Top schools including Tulane, Washington University in St. Louis and UNC Chapel Hill are reducing the number of essays ...

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

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 ...

Administrators said the essays weren’t particularly helpful in making admissions decisions. But it’s too soon to know whether ...

As a longtime admissions essay consultant and the founder of College Essay Advisors, anytime news is announced in the world of writing education or college admissions, I receive a flurry of text ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 03: In this photo illustration, the welcome screen for the OpenAI "ChatGPT" app is displayed on a laptop screen on February 03, 2023 in London, England. OpenAI, whose online ...

ChatGPT can be used for many things: school work, cover letters, and apparently, college admissions essays. College essays, sometimes known as personal statements, are a time-consuming but important ...

Elon Musk has done it again: he’s in the news. At times, his clickable comments are bombastic and jarring simply for the sake of turning heads. But his and other experts’ call for a pause on all AI ...

My son’s college offers kosher and halal food options in the cafeterias. At my school, a million years ago, there w ...

Olivia Brandeis had a vision for her college application essay: She would write about covering a racist incident as a student journalist of color at Monte Vista High School in Danville, a ...

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.