College applicants worry about sharing their race, gender and immigration status. What should students write about – and what should they avoid – in their college application essay? This is the ...

Attention high-school seniors: Deadlines are coming up! Polish your dream-college applications, hit send, and hope the admissions game isn’t rigged with “race proxies”! To stay ahead of the curve, ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. The first story in the series was published on Nov. 3. For some college ...

As both early decision and early action deadlines approach for the future Class of 2030, applicants will no longer have the opportunity to submit a supplemental essay prompt which asked about a piece ...

This summer, amidst the chaos happening within higher education, Duke overhauled the list of supplemental essay questions on its undergraduate application. Among the three optional essay prompts that ...

Victoria Dolan ‘28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, is a History & Literature Concentrator in Kirkland House. “Describe a time when you strongly disagreed with someone about an idea or issue. How did you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. With the Common App officially ...

The companies that are succeeding with in-house AI, however, have seen revenue jump from zero to $20 million in a year. U.S. businesses have invested between $35 billion and $40 billion into internal ...

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 ...

In 2023, the University of Michigan Law School made headlines for its policy banning applicants from using generative AI to write their admissions essays. Now, two admissions cycles later, the law ...

A New York Times guest essay this week said Superman’s "overwhelming all-American power" was disturbing, explaining the paradoxical identities associated with the iconic character as an immigrant. "In ...