One applicant wrote his entire essay as a forensic analysis of the random items in his backpack. Gum wrappers, crumpled notes ...

More than a dozen colleges have removed or edited diversity-related admissions essay prompts. Nevertheless, essays asking ...

Starting this year, some colleges have changed or removed essay prompts that referenced diversity from their admissions ...

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 ...

The University of Chicago has long been known for its quirky application essay prompts, in past years asking potential students to "find" Waldo or literally compare apples and oranges. This year's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education from the inside out. The last few college acceptance/rejection letters for high school seniors are ...

The glow from the laptop reflects off his forehead as he stares at the screen, paralyzed by panicked perfectionism. The Common Application essay prompts are neatly copied onto the blank document, ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in two lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last summer, the justices seemed to leave room ...

These questions regard last night’s episodes of HBO’s GIRLS. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though supplementary material will be accepted as a secondary ...