It is an assignment that many high school upperclassmen wish they could skip. Some even dread it. Yet they still have to do it. "This is a tough assignment," Gelb said. "But this is the one place in ...

The college application season is upon us, and high school students everywhere are staring down at one of the most daunting tasks: the college essay. As someone who has guided countless applicants ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...