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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I’ve been reading a lot about the usefulness of ChatGPT-type AI to help research and identify and compare schools to help build a list, or even to help plan routes to visit schools for a multi-day college trip, that kind of thing.

I know there are free ones and paid versions; I’d be willing to try out a paid version if it seemed like a reasonable cost. I also know there are lots of different AIs (Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity).

Does anyone have experience using any of these platforms? Any particular recommendations? I’m just dipping my toes in but I’m hoping it might be useful as we are starting out. DC and I are both feeling a bit overwhelmed. [/quote]

ChatGPT et al draw upon whatever they find on the internet. . .and make up information when they run out of material to source. Also, if I were you, I wouldn't rely upon ChatGPT to map out routes for a multi-school visit. Honestly, if you and DC are feeling overwhelmed, what you should do is the following:

1. DC should make a list of the qualities s/he/they ideally would want in a school.
2. Assuming that DC is a reasonably competitive student, you and s/he/they should go to the library to check out the written descriptions of schools in Fiske's Guide to Colleges and/or check out the lists and descriptions here:

https://www. princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges.

The Princeton Review also has this platform where you can input your stats, interests, etc. and it will give you a list of possible college options based upon that data: https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/ugrad/studentslikeyou/?destid=ugrad_web_collegehub-tile_grpf_findmatched

3. DC should then consider his/her/their competitiveness as a student with the student profiles of the schools s/he/they like best.
4. After factoring in considerations such as cost (including travel between school and home), access to health resources (are good hospitals nearby? What reproductive health services will be available?), safety (and not just the more obvious stats but things like whether a given campus/state is open carry), etc., figure out where the schools of interest are in relation to each other and plan trips accordingly. [/quote]

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