Writing essays isn’t just about stringing words together or meeting a deadline. For many students, each essay is a quiet ...

August is here and for high school seniors, with it comes angst about the college admission essay. This rite of passage is the perfectionist's nemesis, but with these tips, it need not be so.

Here are my tips for a successful personal statement: Dispel the Misconceptions Before you can figure out what you’re writing about, you first need to discount the common myths about the essay: ...

In a personal essay for PEOPLE, Nicole Shanahan — a 37-year-old attorney and philanthropist — opens up about feeling globally shamed online ...

Essays are personal and judgmental — and that’s a compliment. Critic Michael Dirda praises the value of the personal essay, in particular the works of Arthur Krystal, Phillip Lopate and Mary Butts ...

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions (SSFA) in their case against Harvard University and University of North Carolina, effective ...