Show your personality. Focus on personal experiences when choosing a topic. Prioritize strong editing while staying true to your voice. College application essays are where you can demonstrate ...

Your essay should reveal the real you, not read like a resume, expert says. Sept. 2, 2010— -- When it comes to applying to college, many students fear the personal essay above all. Bari ...

You need only a few minutes to reflect on personal qualities you would never consider mentioning in a college essay, but should. Your application and your recommendations will cover all the ...

The college application process ... words for a personal statement. The main essay on the Common App should be around 650 words. The Coalition Application website says its essays should be between ...

However, the chief justice also warned anyone who might be thinking that the essay could be used as a surreptitious means of racial selection. By Stephanie Saul The college essay may become more ...

“The secret to writing a great college admissions essay” by Liza Libes (Ideas, April 27) should be required reading ... in the ample documentation of the application itself.

The new short essays draw directly from prompts in the old College application ... action reads that “nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering ...

Olivia Brandeis had a vision for her college application ... admission essay, a high-stakes pitch in which applicants have limited words to describe who they are and why campuses should admit ...