best paid AI

[Anonymous]

okay, I'm ready to try out a paid version of AI for a lot of things, but including some college research.

which is best for this?

[Anonymous]

Also curious. Leaning toward Claude because that’s one I hear about a lot, but would love to hear others’ opinions.

[Anonymous]

What are you hoping to gain by doing this? I keep reading here about people uploading their school's data as if this is a genius move, but unless the school data also includes the kids' activities, recommendations, legacy status, and essays, I don't see how it is any more helpful than the scatterplots in Naviance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you hoping to gain by doing this? I keep reading here about people uploading their school's data as if this is a genius move, but unless the school data also includes the kids' activities, recommendations, legacy status, and essays, I don't see how it is any more helpful than the scatterplots in Naviance.

well, a good AI could also use other data, including data from the colleges. not just the high school side.

it's a little like saying, what's to be gained with an independent college counselor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you hoping to gain by doing this? I keep reading here about people uploading their school's data as if this is a genius move, but unless the school data also includes the kids' activities, recommendations, legacy status, and essays, I don't see how it is any more helpful than the scatterplots in Naviance.

well, a good AI could also use other data, including data from the colleges. not just the high school side.

it's a little like saying, what's to be gained with an independent college counselor.

OK, but do you have access to data on the college side beyond nuts and bolts stuff like test scores, TO %, GPA? It seems like the parts of the application that are determinative for highly selective schools aren't represented in your data sources.

[Anonymous]

Anyway, op, just try one. There's no clear choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you hoping to gain by doing this? I keep reading here about people uploading their school's data as if this is a genius move, but unless the school data also includes the kids' activities, recommendations, legacy status, and essays, I don't see how it is any more helpful than the scatterplots in Naviance.

well, a good AI could also use other data, including data from the colleges. not just the high school side.

it's a little like saying, what's to be gained with an independent college counselor.

OK, but do you have access to data on the college side beyond nuts and bolts stuff like test scores, TO %, GPA? It seems like the parts of the application that are determinative for highly selective schools aren't represented in your data sources.

Gather all of the info from other sources into a document (I copied pages and pages from webinar transcripts and reddit profiles from kids who saw their applications after the fact - once enrolled). As much data as you can. AI can filter through.

[Anonymous]

Have your kids used this?

https://www.snow.day/

[Anonymous]

For college research, you should get something with access to a "deep research" model

[Anonymous]

I work in AI. They are all rolling out new features so fast, they keep leap-frogging each other. Perplexity is aimed at research and leverages multiple models.

Personally, I use chatGPT, FWIW. My thinking is that they are the most obviously evil, so it ensures I'm on top of keeping my privacy settings up-to-date and minimizing any private information