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High-school students who are applying to Penn this admissions cycle have been asked to describe themselves in just 500 words. Last spring, the Common Application — the organization that provides the ...

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, ...

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Students have a perfect opportunity, through the Common App Essay, to share any “story” of their life. Other than the Activities section, which is tightly limited by word count, the essay is the only ...

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The Common Application essay will be extended from 500 to 650 words and will no longer allow applicants to choose their own essay topic starting in the 2013-14 application cycle, wrote Scott Anderson, ...

At Drexel, we review applications holistically. Every required piece of your application is important. We do not rely solely on academic profiles to determine best fit students for our institution. We ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristen Moon is an entrepreneur covering college admission strategies. Covid-19 has heavily impacted students applying to colleges ...