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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is interesting, but my kid didn’t use chat gpt and his essay had a lot of the clichés listed. I don’t care. I think it’s ridiculous that schools want you to be able to write an essay like E.B. White or Dave Barry. High school students have to do that plus cure cancer, have a non profit, be a varsity athlete, blah blah blah. I’m sick of it.

The best points in this piece were 1) schools should have proctored writing tests and 2) rich kids have had help with their essays since colleges started requiring essays, but now that everyone has access, admissions officers don’t like it so much.

Can a kid write in clear sentences? Can they express some humanity and interest in learning? That’s all a student should be expected to do at 17 or 18. [/quote]

In Some countries, they just have to pass an exam. None of these stupid CV paddings. And that is a little bit closer to true meritocracy. [/quote]

Then your kid should go to college in one of those other countries. In the US, the AO's are putting classes together of people from different background, perspectives and skills that can be brought to the community, whether clubs, sports, music, theater etc.[/quote]

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