Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral race, has been outed for checking the “African American” box on his 2009 application to Columbia University — and he’s just one of ...

That's exactly right, and extends beyond the college essay. Basically everything you wrote when you were 17 is going to be embarrassing, whether it was for an Ivy League university or junior year ...

From left, Columbia fire Chief Ray Anthony, Jackson Canitia, Deputy Tony Kovacs and Lorain County Sheriff Jack Hall are pictured at Columbia Middle School’s D.A.R.E. graduation. Canitia won a… ...

Columbia is one of hundreds of colleges that accept the Common App, a standardized undergraduate college application. One of the most daunting parts of the application is the essay, where ...

Many college applications require a personal essay, which can be daunting for students to write. But a few simple tips, some introspection and insight into what admissions officers are looking for ...

"The essay really can cause me to look more deeply at the entire application," Dr. Stephen Nicholas, former senior associate dean of admissions with the Columbia University Vagelos College of ...

Sept. 2, 2010— -- When it comes to applying to college, many students fear the personal essay above all. Bari Norman, a former admissions officer at Columbia University and president of ...

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 ...

Meet Brittany Stinson, an 18-year-old senior at Concord High School in Wilmington, Delaware, who just last week found out she got into Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth ...

Columbia University, ... Colorado-based college essay coach who worked with Rivera, ... The example let her dive into her thoughts on keeping an abundance mindset over a scarcity mindset.