Student-led discussion uncovers AI impact on the college application process

AI allows new opportunities to surface for both applicants and admissions officers

STORY Sami K. on how ChatGPT might be used in admission processes, students have been using its chatbot at a consistent rate. According to Forbes, 48% of U.S. students admitted using ChatGPT for an at-home test or quiz, 53% had it write an essay, and 22% had it write a paper outline.

In late April, the student artificial intelligence (AI) team held a discussion with upper school computer science teacher Wes Chao and associate college counselor Paul Gallagher on the impacts of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot technology, on the college applications process.

For students, the chatbot technology has the potential to disrupt the process of writing application essays and raises questions of academic honesty.

Although data has yet to be released

Moreover, GPT-4 models are not limited to only writing essays, increasing access to personalized college-related advice.

A 2018 survey of 2,251 high school counselors conducted by the National Association for College Admission

Counseling found only 33% of the nation’s public high schools have a fulltime or part-time counselor focused exclusively on college advising, compared to 68% of private schools.

However, Gallagher highlights potential disadvantages in using AI for a college applications.

“Schools like Georgetown are already upset students receive too much coaching,” Gallagher said, highlighting that Georgetown reinstated their requirement for standardized testing in [year]. “They want to know what students can do on their own and reinstated its requirement for standardized testing this cycle of 20222023.”

However, for some college admissions teams, AI made the process of sorting student applications more efficient.

Currently, many major public universities use an algorithm to sort applications. While all applications get re-checked by admissions officers, the increasing number of applications submitted each year makes it likely for the college admissions process to shift.

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