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 ...

Today the Ivy League gossip blog IvyGate unveiled a public Google Drive folder in which members of Columbia University's Class of 2017 had saved the personal essay each had included with their ...

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 an essay ...

Columbia University shares insights on common app essays, guiding applicants in their writing process.

Experts say a good college essay features a student's voice and personality.

Here are tips on writing a medical school personal statement and examples of essays that stood out.

Get college application and admissions tips for your college essay from expert Bari Norman and read a sample of a student's personal essay before and after Norman's edits.

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 ...

That’s a phrase you hear often inside the college admissions industrial complex —the essay is your chance to tell “your story.” ...

With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge.