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AI and College Essays: Wrong Question, Wrong Answer

AI and College Essays: Wrong Question, Wrong Answer

Update: 2023-08-29
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The sudden availability of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have raised new questions about authorship, plagiarism, and fairness in college admissions. Hannah and Mark discuss why they think these tools are unlikely to help applicants gain an advantage in Yale’s selection process and why questions about generative-AI are the wrong starting point for understanding how to compose an effective college essay. LLMs can appear very knowledgeable, but they are inevitably ignorant of the foundation of any successful application: the unique person applying.

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AI and College Essays: Wrong Question, Wrong Answer

AI and College Essays: Wrong Question, Wrong Answer

Inside the Yale Admissions Office