With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge. Seventeen-year-old senior Ethan Rivera is finding ...

Writing a college essay is a rite of passage for many students applying to attend a college or university in the United States. Although each institution has its own application requirements, most ...

With the Jan. 2 deadline for applications fast approaching, the dean of admissions at the University of Chicago sent out a sample essay last week to thousands of high school seniors in hopes “that it ...

In a rare show of admiration for a prospective student, a high school student who applied to the University of Chicago was welcomed with a handwritten note in response to her college essay. The ...

The online fallout from the University of Oklahoma’s viral ‘zero-grade’ essay has widened, now pulling the credibility of Rate My Professors (RMP) into the debate. The online fallout from the ...