Elin Bash was among the first cohort of girls to start at The Kiski School in 2024. She remembers how big of a change it was, as she transferred at the start of her junior year. At times, she said, ...

In “Permafrost is an Archive,” author Corinna Cook produces a book of questioning and imagining, rich in metaphor and lyricism.

When Kelly McBride read Elizabeth Bruenig’s essay in the Atlantic about a child’s death from measles complications, she was moved and quickly shared the story on her Facebook account. She hadn’t ...

Dr Peet van Aardt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Universities nationwide, including Caltech, are debuting artificial intelligence tools to evaluate applicants.

During my first year at a university, I lived in a single room in the dorm. The girls on my hall were fun, but I also needed my own space where I could do my homework and enjoy some solitude. Still, ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. The first story in the series was published on Nov. 3. For some college ...

“Tell me about yourself.” It’s one of the most common and deceptively difficult interview questions. Many job seekers treat it like small talk, but it’s actually one of the most important moments in ...

In 1974, after a brief stint at Ingenue, a magazine where she learned how poorly suited she was for working “under anyone’s thumb,” 25-year-old Kincaid began filing unsigned essays in The New Yorker’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brennan Barnard writes about the nuances of college admission. The college essay or “personal statement” gets a lot of airtime in ...

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 ...