At Bucknell, we can assure you that a real human being (at least two, actually) will review your entire application, including your essay, and that they (not computers) will decide if you get in.

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 ...

It's been a long time since I penned my college application essays, but that doesn't mean I don't still appreciate them. On the contrary: I think memorable college admissions essays are to be ...

Serious college applicants spend a lot of time crafting and telling their stories in application essays. But it’s also critically important that the essay is well written as much as it is well planned ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. At certain moments of the year, high school students who are applying to ...

School is out and summer is here. Yet future high school seniors and their families are likely already thinking about applying to college — a process that can be as labor-intensive and time-consuming ...

These writing supplements are usually shorter than the main college essay, but they're no less important, experts say. "Every word counts in getting your story across," says Deborah Davis, president ...

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Cofounder of AI company Exa Jeffrey Wang wrote his college application essay about McDonald's. The Harvard graduate said he wanted to make his essay authentic and entertaining. Wang said he got into ...

A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer reports on the ways that tech giants ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 08: A view of the campus of Harvard University on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump ...