Practical tips for students who feel stuck at the start of an essay. Learn how to generate ideas, reduce pressure, and build ...

Warshow (1917-55) was among the inventors of “the criticism of popular culture,” Mr. Denby writes. If Warshow wrung a sizable ...

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

Ryan Walters had a suggestion for the University of Oklahoma student who emailed him for help over a bad grade. “Fight back.” The student, Samantha Fulnecky, a junior on a pre-med track, recently got ...

If you still think you can’t write an argumentative essay, think again. Remember the last time you convinced your roommate to get the pizza topping you like. Or that time you ranted on TikTok about ...

For all their yelling about participation trophies and people receiving accolades they don’t deserve, conservatives will get all up in arms over a college student’s poorly written essay. Now, after ...

Students increasingly have the option to submit a video introduction, recorded on their phone or laptop, with their college application. This is a way for admissions officers to get a better idea of ...

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

On a blustery spring Thursday, just after midterms, I went out for noodles with Alex and Eugene, two undergraduates at New York University, to talk about how they use artificial intelligence in their ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots may be able to write a quick essay, but a new study from MIT found that their use comes at a cognitive cost. A study published by the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Some examples of narcissistic behavior include inflating one’s accomplishments to gain praise, ignoring other people’s feelings, and deliberately taking credit for someone else’s work. Narcissistic ...