Applying Early Decision or Early Action is one of the most decisive ways for students to boost their odds of admission to ...

Harvard will forbid alumni interviewers from including any information about an applicant’s race, ethnicity, or national ...

As fall settles in, high school seniors across the U.S. are facing a season filled with college application deadlines. A UNC and The Daily Tar Heel alumna, Ashley Ausman (‘01), has built a career on ...

Madeleine Lambert was 14 years old when she gave birth to her daughter Everly in 2018. “People were like, ‘She’s never going to amount to anything. She’s throwing her life away,’” Lambert, now 21, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. In the increasingly competitive ...

After receiving primary applications, most medical schools ask applicants to complete a secondary application, which typically includes additional essay questions. While primary essay prompts ask why ...

CHICAGO — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. About being the daughter of immigrants from Ghana and growing up in a ...

After affirmative action fell, students began rewriting their application essays to emphasize race. The moment led a reporter and former essay coach to reflect on the power of the personal statement.

ABOUT 25 MINUTES AS WELL. THE FIRST DEADLINE FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS IS NEXT MONTH. IT’S JUST DAYS AWAY AND HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE WRITING PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND ESSAYS. KCRA 3 IS DEIRDRE ...

The editorial board of the Harvard Crimson, Harvard University’s school newspaper, warned that limiting the word count of application essay questions could disproportionately harm people of certain ...

I will be a senior in high school this fall, and I do not expect to find a job this summer. That will leave me with a lot of free time and rather than waste that time, I want to use it to prepare for ...

Finding a job these days is turning out to be a challenge. Young adults have the difficult task of convincing employers to hire them. Attaching a job application essay to the candidate’s resume is a ...