Princeton and Stanford universities on Thursday became the latest prominent schools to stop requiring aspiring students to submit an essay score from the ACT or SAT. Stanford’s dean of ...

Although it also removed its ACT/SAT essay requirement, Princeton will now require all applicants to submit a graded writing sample from high school. Other high-ranking universities gave up the ...

But many writing experts were highly critical of the format, noting among other things that ... Princeton Review said Harvard's decision was a sign that the essays should be eliminated from the SAT ...

Iowa-based owner of the ACT exam closely followed the College Board two years ago in announcing the launch of an optional written essay. Officials of the ACT note that their test, founded in 1959 ...

Speaking from her own experience of taking the ACT, she said the essay was “not representative” of her writing. —Staff writer Samuel W. Zwickel can be reached at [email protected].

Many college applications require a personal essay, which can be daunting for students to write. But a few simple tips, some introspection and insight into what admissions officers are looking for ...