Reply to How can admission essays carry even an ounce of weight going forward?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "How can admission essays carry even an ounce of weight going forward?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How could you be sure that the data you uploaded to these AI tools are not "shared" by others.  AI tools are learning from you too, and your idea (if any or no matter how tiny) will be learned by AI and will be provided to other users.  I would stay away from it.  [/quote]

That's such an antiquated way of viewing the post-AI world. Everything is being shared. 
Your kid's essays aren't (1) that special or usually even that distinguishable, and (2) likely used by ANY college counselor that you hire or essay editor.

If that's your stance, make sure you don't hire anyone for any part of this.

The reality is that the essays will become less important. It's [b]more about your overall story[/b]. Themes that emerge that fit a specific school (not talking about classes or professors). How your application is boiled down to a sentence or two (Lee Coffin had a GREAT episode this spring where he talked just about this).
I do think the [b]LOR has (already) become MUCH more important[/b].
[/quote]

I kinda agree with you on this.  Particularly in private schools it's about the whole package, less about each individual element.  Counselors (and students as well) already have a clear idea what level of schools this kid is heading way before the application season.    Who are the smart driven kids, and who are the layback chill ones, they don't fluctuate much.  A 3.8 kid may drop to 3.7 but without force of God it's very rare to see they drop to 3.5.  Same with test scores.

Of course there are still surprises for example an HYP kid may end up at Penn, a T30 kid may end up at Brown.  I think that's where the fine details such as essays kick in.  A mediocre essay will not hurt you much (HYP to Penn), a great essay may help some (T30 to Brown).  But if you are not obsessed with ranking, yeah it's all about the whole package.

Public school may be different.[/quote]

💯 agree - also at private.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics