Packback, for example, is an online platform whose ... discouraged students from using a thesaurus in writing college application essays, or using any words that aren’t normal for them.

After rejections from 15 top colleges, 18-year-old Cal AI CEO Zach Yadegari reignites debate on college admissions, merit, ...

Many students write about empathy, compassion and resilience. Amy Addams, director of student affairs alignment and holistic review for the Association of American Medical Colleges, says demonstrating ...

Harvard professor Roland Fryer says algorithms could solve the problem of deciding who to admit to universities "far better ...

Most assignments in college are not relevant,” he told me. “They’re hackable by AI, and I just had no interest in doing them.

Madison County Community Development is offering scholarships to local students planning to attend college in the ...

Getting into college is a big step. For urban students, the journey might look a little different. With access to more ...

New York City Uncommon Schools had the most QuestBridge Match Scholarship recipients in its history, with 17 students earning ...

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

When Abby Miles (MSB ’26) applied to study abroad for the Spring 2025 semester in Spain, she had everything in order — two ...

“My sister was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma when I was in my freshman year of high school and she was in her junior year,” the response from GPT-3 read a bit like a college-application essay ...