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WashU expects your application materials to be an honest representation of your own work. It is fine to use outside resources to check your work for spelling or clarity. You might share your essays with a teacher or counselor, or use editing or AI tools, for this purpose. However, your application essays and other written materials should accurately represent your writing skills. We discourage you from using AI tools like ChatGPT as the main source of your essay’s content. Whether you’re sharing your achievements, activities, or skills, AI tools should not be the primary author.

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Get answers to common questions about applying to WashU. Explore our admissions FAQ for details on requirements, deadlines, campus visits, and the application process.

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The wide availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has the potential to enhance how we all approach learning, research, and creative work.

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Admissions Guidance on Usage of Artificial Intelligence

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The wide availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has the potential to enhance how we all approach learning, research, and creative work. At the same time, there are questions about when the use of AI is appropriate in a way that aids learning, and when it could be detrimental to the development of critical thinking and writing skills — skills that are core components of a liberal arts education.

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A guide to using AI and ChatGPT with your personal statement | UCAS

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If you’re not already using ChatGPT or other AI tools, you’ve probably heard about them. But should they be used to help with your UCAS personal statement? Is it cheating? Or can they be helpful in crafting your personal statement?

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We expect your application to reflect your own thoughts, experiences, values, and perspectives, but we know artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool in the college process when used appropriately and ethically. This is particularly the case for students in settings where college-prep resources and support may be limited. While we hope you rely on the human input of your mentors, friends, and family members as a primary resource when possible, if you choose to use AI in the college process, we share the following guidance to help you understand our expectations.

Please note, AI is an ever-evolving field, and our guidance will evolve alongside it. In the meantime, we look forward to learning about how your background and experiences have inspired you to apply to Northwestern and how you will engage with people, resources, and opportunities across the Wildcat community.

Constructive Uses of Generative AI
These uses can support your research and spark your ideas:

Researching colleges and admission terms

Building a college tour itinerary (even a virtual college tour itinerary!)

Exploring how your academic interests and goals connect to fields of study

Brainstorming essay topics

Reviewing the grammar, punctuation, and spelling of your completed essays

Problematic Uses of Generative AI
These uses make understanding your fit for Northwestern difficult for our admissions committee:

Using generative AI to write your personal statement or supplemental essays by inputting prompts and submitting the output as your own writing

Translating an essay written in another language

Providing generative AI with an essay outline and submitting AI's completed piece of writing

Using generative AI to rework a supplemental essay that was written for one school for another school

Bottom Line

Just as you wouldn't ask another person to write your essays for you, we expect you won't ask AI to do that work on your behalf.

We value the opportunity to learn about your experiences, your academic foundation, and your readiness to thrive at Northwestern across your application materials-and we will learn more if those materials come from you directly, in your own voice.

The expectation on Northwestern's campus is to produce original work, and, as such, we expect your portion of the application will reflect your own work. To learn more about academic integrity at Northwestern please see the University Academic Integrity Policy page.

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Artificial Intelligence and Admission: Undergraduate Admissions - Northwestern University

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We expect your application to reflect your own thoughts, experiences, values, and perspectives, but we know artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool in the college process when used appropriately and ethically. This is particularly the case for students in settings where college-prep resources and support may be limited.

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Keeping Rackham’s policies related to academic and professional misconduct and U-M GenAI guidance in mind, Rackham Graduate School has guidance for ethical use of GenAI in your application to graduate school.

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Guidance and Policies Related to Use of GenAI for Rackham Applicants | Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan

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In 2023, the University of Michigan (U-M) launched tools and guidance on use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), including guidance and resources for students. This guidance is also relevant to prospective Rackham graduate students. The U-M GenAI guidance for students notes that this technology can be biased and misleading.

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Artificial Intelligence has the capacity to transform how we communicate, create, and work. It does not, however, have the capacity to effectively replace an applicant’s unique perspectives, experiences, and writing style - the very things that matter when we review college essays.

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When you visit the Common Application or the Coalition Application by Scoir platform to fill out and submit your application to Tufts, you’ll notice that the application includes Tufts-specific questions. There are two required short-answer questions, which vary depending on the program to which you are applying (read carefully below). We’ve created this page to allow you to peruse the questions without having to leave this site. Visit the Common Application site or the Coalition Application by Scoir site when you’re ready to apply online.

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AI Policy Statement | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions

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Members of the Yale Admissions Committee review the written components of an application to better understand an individual’s unique perspective, background, and insights related to their experiences and aspirations. Successful applications showcase a prospective student’s mind and character, demonstrating much more than merely fluent or cogent writing.

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Large Language Models/Generative AI

We are interested in who you are, and we value what you have to say. While AI tools can be helpful in generating ideas and centering your thoughts, essays and personal statements that rely more on AI than your original thoughts miss the mark in one incredibly important way: they lack your voice, your ideas, and your very personal reflection on how your experiences have shaped you.

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Deadlines & Instructions | The Office of Undergraduate Admission

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The University of Virginia accepts applications from first-year and transfer students through the Common Application. Students are required to submit their portion of the application online. Counselors and teachers may choose to submit their documents online or by mail.

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The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) content is prohibited. Applicants may use AI for grammar, style, and formatting support but must ensure the core content reflects their own thoughts and experiences.

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College of Charleston | Admission Requirements

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AI tools like ChatGPT are changing how students think and write. Used responsibly, they can help you brainstorm, organize your thoughts, or explore different ways to say something. For your personal essay and the other parts of your W&L application, you’re welcome to use AI the way you might work with a friend or teacher: for ideas and feedback, but not for writing the essay itself.

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W&L Admissions Guidance on Using AI Tools Like ChatGPT

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At Washington and Lee, authenticity matters. Applicants are welcome to use AI tools for brainstorming or feedback, but not to write their application. See our full policy rooted in the university’s values of trust and integrity.

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As an innovative, teaching and research institution, Boston University encourages the exploration of new technologies and recognizes the growing importance of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. However, the Board of Admissions believes that the most compelling personal statements are representative of the writer’s authentic voice–a nuance that generative AI tools have yet to achieve. If you opt to use these tools at any point while writing your essays, they should only be used to support your original ideas rather than to write your essays in their entirety.

As potential future Terriers, we expect all applicants to adhere to the same standards of academic honesty and integrity as our current students. When representing the words or ideas of another in their original work, students should properly credit the source.

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How to apply

So, you've learned about BU and think it may be the place for you. Great! Just follow the steps below to learn about completing your college application.

Apply Now: Common Application

Where to begin?

If you are applying from high school or with equivalent high school requirements, you will apply as a First-Year Applicant. Are you a citizen from outside the US? Be sure to see the requirements on the International Applicants page. If you have completed at least one semester as a degree candidate at another college or university, apply as a Transfer Applicant. And if you've already decided BU is your first choice among schools, apply as an Early Decision Applicant.

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Does UC screen for AI in applications or use it to review them?

Though UC doesn’t use artificial intelligence in its application review process, AI may be helping students complete their applications. But if you’re tempted to use ChatGPT to complete your PIQs, be forewarned — that “help” may not work in your favor.

“A personal insight question written by AI is not going to be very good, because it’s not going to teach us anything about the student,” says Penman. “It’s not going to help us understand more about the student in their context, their hopes and dreams, their trials and tribulations, their achievements. That can’t be generated by a machine, it really has to come from the student.”

And, while using AI as a tool is one thing, using a completely AI-generated answer is another — and one that is equivalent to academic dishonesty. UC runs plagiarism checks on applications, and if your PIQs are found to have been generated by AI with unattributed sources, you could be disqualified from UC admission entirely.

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How the University of California evaluates student applications

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The University of Michigan expects all applicants to be familiar with and abide by the Common App Fraud Policy, which prohibits registered users from using the tool for any fraudulent, unlawful, deceptive, or other harmful or injurious purposes, including but not limited to the transmission of materially inaccurate or untrue information. The Policy also prohibits the use of AI systems to generate content.

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Once you’ve made the decision to become a Wolverine, you will need to apply to one specific school or college, or for dual enrollment in two schools or colleges.The ten units that admit first-year students include:

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AI should never replace your unique voice, experiences and personal expression and, if used at all, should only serve as a supplementary tool to enhance your writing

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Here are the answers to your questions about test scores, campus visits and instruction, and applying to CMU.

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Brown affirms this definition and reiterates our own independent policy that the use of artificial intelligence by an applicant is not permitted under any circumstances in conjunction with application content.

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The Common Application requires each student to affirm that their application provides an accurate representation of their personal narrative, accomplishments, academic and extracurricular work.

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If you choose to use generative AI in your application process, we expect you to do so ethically. Ethical uses of generative AI include researching colleges, brainstorming essay topics, and reviewing the grammar and spelling of your completed essays.

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Preparing for Your Cornell Application | Undergraduate Admissions

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How we review applications Whether you’re a first-year or transfer applicant, there’s no magic formula that guarantees admission to Cornell. Because no two students bring the same background, life experiences, and interests to our community, our admission process is highly individualized. We consider each part of your application to evaluate your fit for Cornell’s academics, culture, and philosophy. The result is an incredibly vibrant mix of students to further Cornell’s mission of educating the next generation of global citizens.

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Tools like ChatGPT and other AI-based programs are making a significant impact on society and various industries. We believe that these tools can help you generate ideas for your application, but ultimately everything you submit as part of your application to Bucknell should be your own. You should not copy and paste content into your application that you did not create. If you choose to utilize AI–based programs, we encourage you to rely on them as you would a teacher, family member or friend — for brainstorming, editing and honing your work.

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Information for students who are ready to apply to Bucknell University, including application requirements and important deadlines.

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AI as a Writing Coach, Not a Creator. (You will find the policy under the section "Use of Artificial Intelligence".)

https://apply.emory.edu/apply/faq.html

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Frequently Asked Questions | Emory University | Atlanta GA

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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) from applicants for Emory scholar programs, regular decision, early decision undergraduate admission and transfer admission to Emory College, Oxford College, Goizueta School of Business, and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School ofNursing.

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WashU expects your application materials to be an honest representation of your own work. It is fine to use outside resources to check your work for spelling or clarity. 

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Application Guidelines - Undergraduate Admissions | Washington University in St. Louis

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View the requirements for admission to Washington University in St. Louis.

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Admissions & Aid - At Macalester, our mission is to prepare students for lives of meaning and purpose. Students here receive unparalleled support and mentorship as they discover their place in the world and learn how to become agents of change.

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Macalester has consistently seen an increase in applications in recent years and is a highly selective liberal arts college. In a typical admissions cycle, Macalester seeks to enroll roughly 550 incoming first-year students. For the last class, 28% of all applicants were admitted.

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AI tools can be powerful and valuable in the application process when used thoughtfully. We believe there is a place for them in helping you generate ideas, but your ultimate submission should be your own.

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Application Review Process
How will admission counselors evaluate your application?
First-year applicants to Georgia Tech are reviewed in a selective, holistic admission process. Our application review includes consideration of the following factors:

Statement on AI

AI tools can be powerful and valuable in the application process when used thoughtfully. We believe there is a place for them in helping you generate ideas, but your ultimate submission should be your own. As with all other sources, you should not copy and paste content you did not create directly into your application. Instead, if you choose to utilize AI-based assistance while working on your writing submissions for Georgia Tech, we encourage you to take the same approach you would when collaborating with people. Use it to brainstorm, edit, and refine your ideas. AI can also be a useful tool as you consider how to construct your resume in the Activities portion of the Common Application. We think AI could be a helpful collaborator, particularly when you do not have access to other assistance to help you complete your application.

Review the Contribution to Community and Personal Essays sections above for more information about using AI when working on your application.

Competitive Admission Policy

The undergraduate admission process identifies applicants who will benefit from the Georgia Tech learning environment and enrich the entire student body. For complete details, read the Georgia Tech Policy on Competitive Admission.
Review Admission Policy
Discipline Review Policy

We consider student discipline situations on an individual basis, within the framework of the values we uphold as a university. For complete details, read the Georgia Tech Discipline Review Policy.
Student Discipline Policy

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How will admission counselors evaluate your application? First-year applicants to Georgia Tech are reviewed in a selective, holistic admission process. Our application review includes consideration of the following factors: AI tools can be powerful and valuable in the application process when used thoughtfully.

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Submitting plagiarized essays or other written or oral material, or intentionally misrepresenting as

one’s own original work: (1) another person’s thoughts, language, ideas, expressions, or

experiences or (2) the substantive content or output of an artificial intelligence platform,

technology, or algorithm

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You may not pay anyone to help you with your application, and you may not use generative AI tools (like ChatGPT) as you compose your responses.*

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You will find your essay prompts in the application at the time you apply. Read them carefully, and use your best writing skills to respond. All application essays are read as a part of BYU's holistic admission review process. Tell us about the experiences and characteristics that are important to you as an individual.

New This Year

As part of the application, you will agree to an Essays and Activities Commitment, which includes agreeing to the following:

You may not pay anyone to help you with your application, and you may not use generative AI tools (like ChatGPT) as you compose your responses.*

If you have questions about your essays, please reach out to your for free help.

The work you submit must be your own.

You may ask others to read and review your essays to ensure that you are answering the prompt clearly and effectively.

NOTE: We use software tools to analyze the admission essays and activity responses of all students. We may rescind the admission offer of any student whose essay is found to have been generated by AI or otherwise plagiarized.

Tips to Prepare for Your Essays

Review the Aims of a BYU Education. To better understand these principles, feel free to read some collected talks about the aims.

Recent experiences are preferred as they better represent who you are today.

Avoid repetition.

The only way for us to know things about you is for you to tell us about them.

Although it is acceptable to have others review your essays prior to submission, the words and ideas must be your own.

Be genuine!

Current Freshman Essay Prompts

1. Describe a topic, idea, or experience that you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. What have you done to learn more or engage further in the topic, idea or experience? What resources do you use to learn more? (1500 character limit)

2. Have you become aware of significant needs in your family, school, and/or community? Please explain how you have worked toward meeting those needs. (1500 character limit)

3. Briefly describe a time that your efforts have fallen short, a goal was not accomplished, or an aspiration was not achieved (500 character limit). What steps did you take to recover from this defeat? What resources did you use? How and why are you different today? (1500 character limit)

4. We strive to create a rich and varied educational environment through admitting students with a wide range of:

Goals

Interests

Skills and talents

Life experiences

Perspectives

Cultures

Tell us your story. What will you contribute to our university community? Be specific. (1500 character limit)

5. A BYU education will be spiritually strengthening. BYU students have a unique opportunity to seek learning by study and by faith. Describe the reasons you want to learn in an environment like this. (1500 character limit)

Additional Essay for Transfer Applicants

In addition to the essays above, transfer applicants are also asked to write one additional essay.

Why are you applying to transfer from your current institution? How has your initial college experience prepared you for the academic rigor of BYU? Tell us what you have done to challenge yourself academically. Be specific. (1500 character limit)

Activities

While you have most likely been involved in many different activities, you will have an opportunity to write about two activities that will help us get to know you as an individual. You will be able to describe the activity, how long you have participated in it, and how you have benefited from your participation.

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You will find your essay prompts in the application at the time you apply. Read them carefully, and use your best writing skills to respond. All application essays are read as a part of BYU's holistic admission review process. Tell us about the experiences and characteristics that are important to you as an individual.

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Your essays are where we hear your voice. Relying on AI, specifically large language models such as ChatGPT or Bard, to craft your essay will dilute your unique expression and perspective.

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Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions AI Policy: Guidelines for Fall 2025 Applicants

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) research at Caltech is groundbreaking, and undergraduate students will encounter AI in a wide range of interdisciplinary applications.