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 ...

Writing a college admissions essay is a little bit like going through a job interview. The prompts sound roughly like this: Tell us about a situation or task you encountered, what you did and what the ...

College application essay prompts often ask students to offer an example of a challenge they've faced, followed by a description of what they've learned from that experience. However, candidates often ...

The Common Application has announced that the 2016-17 personal statement essay prompts will be the same as the 2015-16 prompts. By conducting a review process every other year rather than annually, we ...

Since the Supreme Court’s decision to axe race-conscious college admissions in June, many colleges — including all eight Ivy League schools — have added application essays asking students to reflect ...

When applying to law schools, you may have the opportunity to submit written responses in addition to a personal statement. The three most common supplemental essays are the diversity statement, ...