One of the essay prompts on the Common Application is: “Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without ...

Applicants to Yale Law School must provide an academic transcript, an LSAT or GRE score, letters of recommendation and a personal statement. New this cycle, applicants can now also submit an ...

Those are among the myriad new questions law schools are asking applicants this year—the first admissions cycle following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision banning race-conscious admissions at ...

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 ...

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Aug 1 (Reuters) - In addition to writing about their favorite songs and why they want to go to college, students applying to Emory University in Atlanta this fall will get new essay prompts aimed at ...

For students of color hoping to get into the nation’s most elite colleges, application essays are more important than ever. The Supreme Court’s decision on June 29 reversing affirmative action wiped ...

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 ...

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It’s easy to forget in admissions that our jobs are a privilege. Our work is glorified and made overly complex by the media. Students and families look up to us as we traverse the globe on airplanes ...