Brian Safdari

Writing a college admissions essay is a little bit like going through a job interview.

The prompts sound roughly like this: Tell us about a situation or task you encountered, what you did and what the results were. Situation or task (ST), action (A), result (R). Do a good job, and you’re a STAR!

This kind of formulaic writing is perfect for artificial intelligence (AI), and when a student is writing a series of three to five admissions essays and revising them multiple times, you can see why they’re tempted to use AI. In a recent survey, about 20% of college applicants said they used AI to produce their essays.

AI is useful in the college admissions process. It can, for example, help students and their families sift through the thousands of college options and identify th

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