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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s what my kid did:

Spend summer (5 weeks) on draft common app (8 drafts).

Then hit a roadblock. Got ideas from paid AI (turn off data sharing) on where the weaknesses were and how to improve. 
Re-drafted a few more times w/that guidance.

Asked again for specific types of examples for areas of improvement and fed it about 20 pages of notes, draft essays, anecdotes, and other personal (storyboard) information. It pulled out the most salient anecdotes from the firsthand notes to use and how to frame them and ranked them from most powerful relevant to PQ to least.

Kid framed used some of those examples (reworded though) with another edit. Its very detailed, unique and personal filled with lived experience.

Paid essay editor reviewed it with a professional/polish edit, said it was quite strong and perhaps one of the strongest seen (so far) this year. [/quote]

I would love to hear college decisions for your kid because AOs constantly say they know when AI has been used. i would ignore the paid essay editor — as they did not review through the eyes of an AO, but rather an editor.[/quote]

NP. Colleges admissions officials overestimate their ability to discern ethics. In fact, they tend to admit students who are the least ethical and have the most hustle. [/quote]

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