That’s actually not how it works at Connecticut College. We don’t expect to be on the edge of our seats as we read essays. We just want you to be yourself in your content and style so we can learn ...

With a PhD in comparative literature, the former Stanford admissions officer helps her teenage clients pen the all-important essays they’ll submit with their college applications. Certainly ...

In a guest column, Eric Greenberg, founder and president of Greenberg Educational Group, gives high school students advice on crafting a successful college ... in the style of the essay.

Our takeaway from this exercise is that our current essay-generating ethos — the topics we choose or are made to choose, the style and ... Both the college essay format — short but riveting ...

Josh Boldt, who teaches writing at the University of Georgia in Athens, shares his thoughts: College writing ... shirk the format in favor of a looser and more creative style that engages readers ...

We’re inviting college students nationwide to open their hearts and laptops and write an essay that tells the truth about what love is like for them today. A book of collected columns ...