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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think OP’s post is a psy-op to derail the competition ….[/quote]

+1  Terrible advice.[/quote]

I’m here. Really I am not. I am just looking at all of the different places that I’ve found relevant information for this specific cycle - things have changed dramatically with college funding issues, WL to secure more full pay, AI usage, and universities that want less controversial, but equally ambitious students. Podcasts, online forums, webcasts and private IEC are all offering eye-opening intel.

Every expert you talk to says that “full pay” is more important now than ever. That Bloomberg article that was posted earlier shows how dire the funding situation is at top universities.

If you are a public high school student, you need to find creative ways to show your full pay status. Full stop.

AI and polished essays are more of a concern today than ever before..,. do none of you spend time on the Reddit subforums? They are way more active than this place and it’s eye-opening to see the prompts kids are using to continue to refine refine refine their essays often in the “voice” of model essays without noticeable AI markers. The results are essays that would never trigger AI and don’t have the classic markers but are just way too polished. So now there’s proliferation of advice on what to do. The same level of polish that perhaps come from it comes with an overedited professional essay is seen as a red flag - esp at places like Stanford and Yale?

Anyway it seems like most people disagree w/me. Which is ok.

Curious if there are any other tips that you are gleaning from other sources this cycle. That was the whole point of this exercise.

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