OPINION: Despite bans on using AI for college applications, there are ways to use the tool that make sense, Stacey Brook ...

As Sophie Smith, co-founder of College Contact, explained in a recent TikTok video, “If you were sitting in a job interview ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...

Colleges should have specific policies on, and clearly stated rules about, how the admissions essay should be completed (“Duke Asks Applicants if They Got Help on Essays, and Most Say They Did,” March ...

Writing a college admissions essay is hard. But using AI could backfire badly. - Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Every fall, high school students applying to college ...

Elon Musk has done it again: he’s in the news. At times, his clickable comments are bombastic and jarring simply for the sake of turning heads. But his and other experts’ call for a pause on all AI ...

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College application essays are where you can demonstrate your writing skills and let your unique voice shine. “They’re such an amazing and crucial opportunity to really shape how admissions officers ...

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In the quest to receive an offer of admission from one of the nation’s elite colleges, some students rack up bills paying for high-price counselors to aid them in writing the perfect essay, while ...

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Removing essays entirely, rather than just reverting to their previous tradition of using expressive, personable prompts, ...