The personal essay is an essential component of your application. How compelling it is — or isn't — can make or break your acceptance.

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Cast Away turns 25 this year. In celebration, a look at how it feels to share a name with one of its most iconic characters.

Write the name of a place (house, spot in nature, work, restaurant, etc.) at the top of your paper, and then do a stream-of-consciousness writing about that place and see what bubbles up. Pick a ...

At least 19 colleges have changed essay prompts this year, according to one college counseling firm. Will it change how ...

The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a ...

After a grim but amusing short introductory piece on how fiction by women has been historically overlooked, Enright launches ...

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JFK’s Granddaughter Shares Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in New Personal Essay MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a powerful new essay, Tatiana Schlossberg wrote about learning she had terminal ...