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 about identity and background remain a cornerstone this admissions cycle.

At least 19 colleges have changed essay prompts this year, according to one college counseling firm. Will it change how ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

With affirmative action banned, application essays ask about “life experience,” the one place in admissions where discussing race is still explicitly legal. By Anemona Hartocollis and Colbi Edmonds — ...

We recently showed you some of the craziest essay prompts from college applications in which students are asked to ponder everything from giant mustard containers to the potential difficulties of ...

We would like to provide our applicants with the essay prompts for this year’s CWRU secondary application. Throughout the week of July 14th, secondary application invitations will be emailed to CWRU ...