Many college applications require a personal ... "I care more about their stories than if it is a perfect five paragraph essay," David Graves, interim director of admissions at the University ...

Will Geiger estimates that he read about 10,000 college application essays over the course of a years-long career in college admissions and scholarships before ChatGPT came on the scene in 2022.

John Warner is the author of Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities and The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing. John Warner is the ...