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Proceed with Caution: Relying on ChatGPT for College Admissions Essays

ByAimee Heller

While using AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT is undeniably convenient and efficient, using it to craft college admissions essays is extremely risky. From the hundreds of essays we’ve read over the past year, the use of ChatGPT is not hard to spot. Most student essays that utilized ChatGPT felt extremely cold, were well above the…

New Updates in College Admissions for the 2019-20 School Year

New Updates in College Admissions for the 2019-20 School Year

ByCheree Liebowitz

Whether you’ve gone through the college admissions process before with older children or are navigating this complexity for the first time, it’s important to know that every year some things change. Here are some recent changes: University of Florida is now accepting the Common Application; last year it was only accepting the Coalition App. UF anticipates…