Oversharing on TikTok? Fine. Oversharing in your college essay? Not so much. One admissions expert says authenticity has its limits — and we couldn’t agree more.

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What is a college application? At its core, a college application is an attempt to convince a stranger (or group of strangers) that the applicant is a desirable classmate, roommate, campus-mate and ...

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

Scott Turow, whose 16 books have sold more than 30 million copies, speaks at the Champaign Public Library during a 2022 visit. Marty Kaplan Sally Jenkins Rick Reilly Jim Nondorf Wendy Kelley Adam ...

And this story is a perfect example of what I’m talking about, my friends… Imagine being assigned to write an essay about a specific topic for school. Would you write from the heart, or would you make ...

Pictured is a court room inside the Harris County Criminal Justice Center located in downtown Houston. The Harris County District Attorney's office has dismissed criminal charges against eight ...

The criminal cases against eight people who were arrested at a downtown Houston climate protest earlier this year ended with a punishment more commonly found in high school.. Over the last month, the ...

College admissions in the U.S. have never been more competitive. With limited spots at top universities and thousands of students applying each year, standing out is tough. Grades and test scores ...

A well-written essay and $200 could win you a nearly 6,000-square-foot house in historic downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. Paula and Robert Welsh said they love their brick Georgian house, but felt ...