As most students approach college essays with a level of apprehension, Naushad Mehta, the founder of Inspired Essays and a ...

For Your Essay: To infuse humor and self-reflection into your essay, start by identifying an ordinary experience or object and think about how it relates to your life. Write down funny or ...

A story within a college essay can be amusing, but don't try to make the entire essay funny. Lynn O'Shaughnessy. View all articles by Lynn O'Shaughnessy on CBS MoneyWatch ...

How to Write the Perfect College Essay. Published Aug 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Jul 01 ... though, when using humor. Miller warns, "If you think you are funny, make sure somebody else thinks ...

To be fair, I'm not totally sure what's to be gained by sending your own obituary as a college essay; unless the prompt was something like, “Write whatever you want, as long as it is at least ...

More than a thousand people sent in essay questions this year. Andy Jordan, a fourth-year in economics from Doylestown, Penn., has submitted a few questions for consideration since he applied to the ...

Unless you happen to be, at 17, a skilled memoirist, do not choose “obstacles overcome” as the theme of your college essay. Nor its cousin: How I Learned That I’m Privileged.

Amid a sea of applications, college hopefuls have just a few opportunities to stand out: grade-point average and test scores; extracurricular activities; and, of arguably increasing importance, the ...