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Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

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Last spring, Makena, then a high school senior, was deep into cranking out some 70 essays for 20 college applications when her creativity started to wane. So, she turned to a high-tech brainstorming ...

The application will give you two short essay prompts: Kellogg Leaders are primed to tackle today’s pressing concerns everywhere, from the boardroom to their neighborhoods. Tell us about a time in ...

In higher education, predictive analytics often draw from data that an institution has readily available about its students: grades, attendance, online school-related activity, and even historical and ...

Harvard Business School has changed its master’s in business administration application for 2024-2025, requiring applicants to answer three short, focused essays instead of one open-ended essay, the ...