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

Mo Marie Lauyanne Kouame, 18, dreams of being an aerospace engineer and building spacecraft. This fall, she applied to MIT, Princeton, and Columbia. For one college essay, she wrote about being ...

This story has been updated at 1:30 p.m. ET. A trio of federal employee unions on Thursday sued the Office of Personnel Management seeking to excise essay questions recently added to most federal job ...

From the moment we wake to the last scrolls before sleep, our phones are an intimate extension of ourselves. Most Americans check their phones within minutes of waking up, and keep their devices ...

Mr. Houser is a former chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Nearly nine months into President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become the administration’s primary ...

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...