Tell the truth

college essays matter even more in age of AI

“the college essay has been a feeding ground for lies dating back to at least 2018, before the rise of generative AI; more than a third of students reported writing untrue information in their college essays.”

Colleges are trying to create incentives not to cheat and lie:

“schools are moving toward is asking shorter, more pointed prompts that test the experience a student listed.

It’s not what experience they have, it’s what they learned.”

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