Scholarship committees often sift through hundreds of applications and essays – or more. The ones that stand out capture the ...

While the University of Chicago says there is no strict word limit on its supplemental essays, other schools prefer brevity.

Matt Whittle has experience writing and editing accessible education-related content in health, technology, nursing and business subjects. His work has been featured on Sleep.org, Psychology.org and ...

As someone going to college, you probably are no stranger to writing essays. You have written them for classes, exams, and even college applications. College and high school essays are similar in that ...

To write a good university essay you have to make your message clear. This means organizing your key points, supporting them with a series of evidence-based arguments, and wrapping it all up at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brennan Barnard writes about the nuances of college admission. If you are looking for the “secret formula” for writing a “winning” ...

Paraphrasing is one of the most important writing skills students develop - and one of the hardest to do well. Here's what it ...

As a longtime admissions essay consultant and the founder of College Essay Advisors, anytime news is announced in the world of writing education or college admissions, I receive a flurry of text ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Mene Ukueberuwa. Image: Jakub Porzycki/Zuma Press High-school seniors are furiously feathering final flourishes ...

Writers are fed a bevy of mantras—“show don’t tell,” “kill your darlings”—which provide the security that there are rules, but little else. A new book by Lucy Ives offers a more expansive view of ...