College essays: My triumph over adversity

MIT has taken the lead in retiring the much-loathed college essay and replaced it with more pointed questions requiring shorter answers. This is, all in all, a good move. The old essay had become a cliche. Now universities shouldn't allow the same thing to happen with the new set of questions. (Full article: 265 words)

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