AI is scoring college essays and conducting interviews, a new layer in admissions stress
- Jan 5
- 1 min read
When prospective Caltech students applied in the fall for early admission, some faced a new, technologically advanced step in the selection process at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
High schoolers who submitted research projects appeared on video and were interviewed by an artificial intelligence-powered voice that peppered them with questions about their papers and experiments, akin to a dissertation defense. The video-recorded exchanges were then reviewed by humans — faculty and admissions officers — who also evaluated test scores, transcripts, personal statements.
Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI to write their college admission essays. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are using artificial intelligence to read them and are incorporating AI into their own admissions process to conduct interviews and detect fake applications attempting to steal financial aid money.
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