Students who plan to use ChatGPT to write their college admissions essays should think twice: Artificial intelligence tools ...

"There's no way AI can do that for you," says Livingston, now a college counselor with Empowerly. "It has to be an intrinsic ...

Not only is the college essay a place to showcase writing skills, it's one of the only parts of a college application where a student's voice can shine through. Unlike test scores and transcripts, the ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...

ChatGPT and similar AI-writing tools can quickly create a beautiful, well-written college essay based on a simple prompt. But ...

Colleges should have specific policies on, and clearly stated rules about, how the admissions essay should be completed (“Duke Asks Applicants if They Got Help on Essays, and Most Say They Did,” March ...

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Elon Musk has done it again: he’s in the news. At times, his clickable comments are bombastic and jarring simply for the sake of turning heads. But his and other experts’ call for a pause on all AI ...

Cornell study finds AI-written admissions essays sound uniform, lacking personal detail and individuality of human applicants ...

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High-school students who are applying to Penn this admissions cycle have been asked to describe themselves in just 500 words. Last spring, the Common Application — the organization that provides the ...