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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Essays shouldn't be a big problem for top kids.  High school education is supposed to prepare you really well in writing.  This is a non-issue.[/quote]

Even those kids use it…I don’t understand your comment.
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Unless you are shooting for T20 schools, essays are not that important anyway, AI or not.  
If you are shooting for T20, and can't write a good essay, I call it a misfit.  
The fact that "even those kids use it" doesn't help you.  AI or not, those kids are going to write really good essays, so, a non-issue.
You are trying to make the case AI is going to change things dramatically but no it's not. [/quote]

It already is…it’s called leverage.  A kid that before would have only applied to 7 schools will now apply to 15 because AI can write the essays much quicker…so why not.

Also, two things can be true.  That kid may be able to write an excellent essay on their own…but why bother if I can produce the finished product in one hour vs 20.  Their editing skills are also likely top notch.

Finally, there are plenty of [b]analytical high stats kids that just hate writing essays[/b].  It won’t matter much for actual college because they will be a STEM major and do just fine.  Those kids will now apply to schools they probably would have passed because the essay portion will no longer be a problem.

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That's the problem.  These kids don't belong there.  Fit is a lot more important than ranking.  They should apply to MIT, Gtech, CMU, UIUC, Pursue, state flagship, SJSU.
Look,[quote] you clearly don't have any idea how college application works[/quote].  Often your post reads just like an AI post, talking non-sense solemnly.  The only difference is that, Chatgpt will apologize (insincerely) to me when I point out the error, whereas you are stubborn as ever.[/quote]

Whenever somebody says this, it is pretty clearly a case of the dunning krueger effect.[/quote]

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