College application essays matter. Why? Most colleges want more than an army of academic robots; they want to build a community. High GPAs and activity lists don’t reveal enough. A strong application ...

In a guest column, Eric Greenberg, founder and president of Greenberg Educational Group, gives high school students advice on crafting a successful college application essay. His New York-based ...

Writing college essays that stand out is a critical step in the college admissions process. College admissions officers read thousands of essays each year, and a compelling essay can make a ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. At certain moments of the year, high school students who are applying to ...

My role as a college admissions professional includes answering lots of questions related to the college search process. Questions often revolve around majors and minors, general curriculum ...

Game on! It’s the fall of your senior year of high school and you are ready to apply for college. Or are you? The process actually begins well before. Weighted more heavily than ever before, the ...

At Bucknell, we can assure you that a real human being (at least two, actually) will review your entire application, including your essay, and that they (not computers) will decide if you get in.

College application season is notorious for anxiety and stress for students, but when you add a pandemic into the mix, it becomes an obstacle course full of pandemic-impacted grades, virtual college ...

A member of the board of admissions examining applications at Princeton University in 1962. School is out and summer is here. Yet future high school seniors and their families are likely already ...

Writing a college admissions essay is hard. But using AI could backfire badly. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Every fall, high school students applying to ...

Amid a sea of applications, college hopefuls have just a few opportunities to stand out: grade-point average and test scores; extracurricular activities; and, of arguably increasing importance, the ...