A proponent of affirmative action signs a shirt during a protest at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 1, 2023. Staff Writer Rafael Figueroa, dean of college guidance at ...

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Liz Doe Stone is the CEO of Top Tier Admissions. It’s back-to-school season, and high school seniors are deep in the thick of ...

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From the personal to the political and everything in between, it has been a year of powerful essays by women. Is it all a process of ‘radical re-definition’, writes Cameron Laux. In the past few years ...