Writing the perfect essay can seem next to impossible. But 26-year-old Kristina Ellis says it doesn’t have to be. She won half a million dollars in scholarship money for college, and now she’s ...

When I talk to people in student loan debt after college, the number one thing they say they wish they'd have done differently is get more scholarships to pay for school. Scholarships are the most ...

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Grades and test scores may measure a student's academic potential, but those factors fail to capture his or her personality. That's where the college essay comes in. The college essay offers students ...