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Aug 1 (Reuters) - In addition to writing about their favorite songs and why they want to go to college, students applying to Emory University in Atlanta this fall will get new essay prompts aimed at ...

Writing a college admissions essay is a little bit like going through a job interview. The prompts sound roughly like this: Tell us about a situation or task you encountered, what you did and what the ...

Applicants to Yale Law School must provide an academic transcript, an LSAT or GRE score, letters of recommendation and a personal statement. New this cycle, applicants can now also submit an ...

We recently showed you some of the craziest essay prompts from college applications in which students are asked to ponder everything from giant mustard containers to the potential difficulties of ...

Essay writing tutors are excited, and college applicants are more stressed than ever: the Common Application announced the prompts for the personal statement that accompanies the college application.