You’re not the only one thinking that essay editing is a burdensome task, especially if English isn’t your mother tongue. ESL students wishing to come up with a mistake-free essay should seek the ...

Leaping into the already packed college admissions industry, a group of Harvard graduates announced Monday the launching of a new college essay consultation service. Citing “the power of the essay” to ...

Writing essays can be tough. It requires good writing skills, the ability to research well, cite sources properly, organize ideas, and more. If you’re stuck and don’t know where to begin, consider ...

In my previous blog post, I noted that marginalized scholars cannot rely on being likable to excel in academe -- that is, we cannot expect our colleagues to hire us, grant us tenure, promote us or ...

When writing a college admissions essay, there are typically three phases or steps that students must complete: brainstorming, writing and revising. For some, the last step can seem like an irritating ...

You know the feeling. You open a blank document, reread the assignment for the fifth time, and somehow an hour disappears ...

For Northside College Preparatory High School senior Resty Fufunan, November is the height of college applications: polishing resumes, scoring last-minute letters of recommendation and — with the ...