An MBA admissions expert who's helped students get into Stanford, Wharton, and London Business School explains exactly how to nail the personal essay

The personal essay is an essential component of your application. How compelling it is — or isn't — can make or break your acceptance.
Smithsonian Magazine

Jane Austen’s Letters Are the Closest We Can Get to Her. What Do They Reveal About the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Author?

This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer ...

How an Oklahoma student's gender essay became a national culture war fight

Conservative activists and politicians have rallied around a college student who received a zero on an essay. Some grad ...
The Boston Globe

White House flags DEI-themed college essays as potentially unlawful

Mo Marie Lauyanne Kouame, 18, dreams of being an aerospace engineer and building spacecraft. This fall, she applied to MIT, Princeton, and Columbia. For one college essay, she wrote about being ...
Associated Press

AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Juan Espinoza, vice provost for enrollment ...