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

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An Oklahoma university has removed a graduate teaching assistant from classroom duties following a high-profile dispute over how an undergraduate essay on gende ...

With the Jan. 2 deadline for applications fast approaching, the dean of admissions at the University of Chicago sent out a sample essay last week to thousands of high school seniors in hopes “that it ...