Off the coattails of the pandemic, a majority of colleges and universities are still offering a test-optional (SAT/ACT) ...

College applicants stand to benefit from leaning on their own humanness, rather than generic and uninspiring responses aided ...

Many college applications require a personal essay, which can be daunting for students to write. But a few simple tips, some introspection and insight into what admissions officers are looking for ...

founder of the College Essay Guy, a website that offers free and paid essay-writing resources. College essays and letters of recommendation, Sawyer says, are likely to carry more weight than ever ...

The sheer number of works written about these experiences made them a cliché in the college admissions community. Instead, Kim advises writing an essay about something personal: "We always said ...

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 ...