No application fee, no essay, no recommendation letters and guaranteed admission. It almost sounds too good to be true, but ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. The first story in the series was published on Nov. 3. For some college ...

Students applying to college know they can’t – or at least shouldn’t – use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using ...

AI May Be Scoring Your College Essay. Welcome to the New Era of Admissions Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal ...

AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analyzed, admissions directors say. It can be a delicate topic, and not all colleges are eager to talk about it, but ...

The most challenging part of college applications is typically writing essays. When students start working on their college applications, they first set up their “Common Application” which is accepted ...

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: What you leave out of your personal essay may matter more than what you put in. Many ...