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606: Navigating College Applications with AI (Part 2): What Colleges Say + My Advice to Students and Counselors

Author
Ethan Sawyer
Published
Tue 13 May 2025
Episode Link
https://www.collegeessayguy.com/podcast-stream/navigating-college-apps-with-ai-part-2

Welcome to Part 2 of 2 of this mini-series on AI in college admission! In our last episode, I interviewed Jen Rubin from foundry10 on how students and counselors are using AI in the college admission process. In today’s episode I’ll get into what colleges have to say, and what I would advise as a result. I’ll get into:

  • My biggest concern with AI… in general (spoiler: it’s much bigger than college applications)
  • My concerns related to AI use in the college application process  
  • Common App guidelines + What colleges have to say around AI use
  • What I believe students might miss out on if they use AI to write their essays for them
  • My advice to students and counselors

We hope you enjoy!

 

Play-by-Play:

  • 2:12 – What is Ethan’s biggest concern with AI? 
  • 3:29 – CommonApp Guidelines
  • 4:09 – What do colleges have to say about AI use in the application process?  
  • 7:05 – What does Ethan believe students might miss out on if they use AI to write their essays for them?
  • 12:00 – Can Chat GPT and AI be useful in certain contexts?
  • 13:34 – AI use and environmental impacts 
  • 14:26 – Closing thoughts 

 

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