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AI for College Essays Without Faking Your Voice
AI can brainstorm and edit your college essays, but admissions readers can spot AI-written ones in seconds.
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- 1The big idea
- 2brainstorming
- 3voice
- 4admissions
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Section 1
The big idea
AI is great for brainstorming college essay topics and tightening drafts, but if AI writes the essay, you'll sound exactly like 50,000 other applicants.
Some examples
- Ask AI: 'Help me brainstorm 5 topics from these 3 stories about my life.'
- Have AI ask you 10 follow-up questions to draw out details.
- After you draft, ask AI: 'Where does my voice fade out?'
Try it!
Tell AI 3 stories from your life. Ask it to identify which has the best essay potential.
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