Grades and test scores may measure a student's academic potential, but those factors fail to capture his or her personality. That's where the college essay comes in. The college essay offers students ...

Writing college essays that stand out is a critical step in the college admissions process. College admissions officers read thousands of essays each year, and a compelling essay can make a ...

The fall semester is an exciting time. You have new classes to explore, teachers to meet and opportunities to pursue. But with that excitement comes the overwhelming list of college application tasks, ...

Most high school students start their college application process by completing, online, the Common Application that is accepted by more than 900 colleges. It requires one essay, and students can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education from the inside out. Nearly half of the college applicants who used the Common Application this year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Today, the Common Application ...

Back in 1975, administrators from 15 colleges got together and decided to create one application that students could use to apply to any or all their colleges. This was the birth of the “Common App” ...

High school students may worry about not having an original topic for their college essay — that anything they write about will be something admissions officers have read countless times before. But ...