Rachel Quaye-Asamoah is heading into her senior year at Brooklyn Technical High School in New York. She is eyeing several top-ranked colleges, and intends to major in economics. She is already ...

High school students may worry about not having an original topic for their college essay -- that anything they write about will be something admissions officers have read countless times before. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Every fall, high school students applying to college face an intimidating task: They must write a stylish, memorable essay that will boost their admissions chances. So who can blame them when they ...

When scored through A.I., Harvard essays beat Yale essays 98 percent to 98 percent. As many as two million college applicants nationwide will spend the winter polishing that most important and feared ...