As students rely on AI in college applications, admissions offices scramble to keep up

详细摘要

The college admissions essay is in a very weird place. It’s impossible to say just how many of them are now written by AI, but at this point, experts agree that it’s a lot of…

The college admissions essay is in a very weird place. It’s impossible to say just how many of them are now written by AI, but at this point, experts agree that it’s a lot of them. And while colleges generally frown upon that practice, they’re using AI to evaluate the essays, too. It’s all adding up to a scramble to stay ahead over the future of who gets to go to the university of their choice. Kate Gilbertson, who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2025 and edits college applications full time, said that lately she’s received a lot of drafts that don’t have the usual quirks of teenage writing.

文章开头，摘自CNN Business。如需阅读全文，请前往媒体网站。