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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Universities nationwide, including Caltech, are debuting artificial intelligence tools to evaluate applicants.

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Abstract: Evaluating and scoring essay questions is an exhausting, time consuming process and require a lot of effort. So, applying automated tools is essentially required to tackle these drawbacks.

Until this fall, each of the four short-answer essays Virginia Tech applicants submit was read and scored by two people. Under the new system, one of those readers is the AI model, which has been ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. The first story in the series was published on Nov. 3. For some college ...

Students applying to college know they can’t – or at least shouldn’t – use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using ...