A.I. chatbots can do a passable job of generating short essays. Whether their use on college applications is ethical is the subject of fierce debate.

John F. Kennedy's college application essay for Harvard University is attracting attention on Twitter nearly 90 years after it was written. Words from the essay were shared on Feb. 1 by a Twitter ...

While Harvard’s new prompts signify a notable effort to meet the moment, we have misgivings about the ability of these new questions to thoroughly capture the diverse array of student ...

After the Supreme Court radically curtailed the use of race in higher education admissions, Harvard College overhauled the free-response questions on its application, eliminating the Harvard ...

This type of supplemental essay prompt requires students to reflect on their response to a disagreement they have had—Harvard’s question, for instance, reads: “Describe a time when you ...