Hi everyone,
I'm curious about AI detection used in admissions. I've written all the essays entirely myself, and some of them have been flagged as around 63% AI.
And using the same software, I put a very similarly worded essay for a different school, and it comes out as 100% human. I'm not sure how to fix or avoid this.
How do admissions check for AI use and how can I prevent mine from being flagged with any AI percentage?
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If I may make a suggestion - if you've written all your statements and haven't used AI at all to write them, don't run them through AI detectors. You're just opening up a can of worms (as you can see from your post!).
AI systems have learned how "to write" by literally copying/pasting/analyzing books. Books are typically pretty well written. Meaning, if you write well, you're writing will probably get somewhat flagged for AI use not because you used it but because AI used good writing to learn. So don't change how you write! You're fine!
This is also where it's good to take notes. If you're ever accused of using AI but you can show your version history in Google Docs or multiple Word Doc drafts, you're alright.
Regarding the use of AI detectors for admissions, I haven't heard that they're widespread. Honestly, admissions offices don't have tons of time to run every doc through a checker. But if they start to feel like something is off - the pieces of a doc don't add up, the document doesn't seem logical, etc - that's when they'll either feel like something is suspicious and/or that the person is a bad writer.
ai detectors detect ai in lowkey anything that’s written decent bc they want you to pay money to their humanizer. idk how schools check tho