OPINION: Despite bans on using AI for college applications, there are ways to use the tool that make sense, Stacey Brook writes.

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: What you leave ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...

As Sophie Smith, co-founder of College Contact, explained in a recent TikTok video, “If you were sitting in a job interview ...

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Writing a college admissions essay is hard. But using AI could backfire badly. - Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Every fall, high school students applying to college ...

Elon Musk has done it again: he’s in the news. At times, his clickable comments are bombastic and jarring simply for the sake of turning heads. But his and other experts’ call for a pause on all AI ...

Colleges should have specific policies on, and clearly stated rules about, how the admissions essay should be completed (“Duke Asks Applicants if They Got Help on Essays, and Most Say They Did,” March ...

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Changes made to the University’s supplemental essay prompts during this time came in the midst of the Supreme Court’s 2023 ...

Removing essays entirely, rather than just reverting to their previous tradition of using expressive, personable prompts, ...

Every fall, high school students applying to college face an intimidating task: They must write a stylish, memorable essay that will boost their admissions chances. So who can blame them when they ...