AI in personal Statement

[Michoel Adler]

Hey folks,

So I wrote up my whole personal statement and then ran it through ChatGPT for editing. It changed a few words and sentence structures, I kept some, changed some and left some. I then sent it to some family members who gave some comments etc. Now that I'm ready to submit I ran it through an AI detector which says its 70% AI. That being said, it doesn't read like AI, its all very personal/real stories, all the content is about me. A few sentences and some of the paragraph formation was AI edited. Is this something I need to be concerned about?

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[CBass2288]

no

 

[polymerization]

This year's applicant guide says:

Plagiarism or misrepresentation may result in an investigation. You may use artificial intelligence tools for brainstorming, proofreading, or editing your essays; however, it is essential that the final submission accurately reflects your own work and experiences.

 

[mistafab]

If you are worried about it enough to post it on this forum, then you likely don't feel comfortable with what you've done. Decide what will let you sleep at night and move forward with whatever that is. Nothing in your scenario is morally or ethically wrong, so this is just a 'you' thing. You don't want this in your head sucking up your brain calories when you are doing interviews at medical schools. Just make a decision you believe in and move on.

 

[pedneuro6894]

I used AI heavily in my writing. It helped me with brainstorming, organization, reworking of sentences, etc. Everything I wrote was my own thoughts and story, just edited to flow well. IMO, that's no different than getting a writing tutor or paying for a writing service to help you. I would not worry.

Plus, I don't think schools are putting essays into AI detectors anyway. I think the only red flag is the use of em dashes because chatgpt loves those and normal people never use them. So if you have any of those, change them to commas

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Just a fair concern: whatever you put into your query (hey A1bot (h/t to SecEd Linda McMahon), help me rewrite this document...) ultimately becomes part of the training material for the A1bot. In the future, you could be cited for plagiarizing your own material... well, not sure how likely but that's why you don't put your private information into the cloud unless it is absolutely rock-solid secure...

Consider the A1bot as your 8-year-old assistant who doesn't mind wrecking things for you. 🙂 That's why adcoms won't just let A1bots detect plagiarism. 🙂

 

[dodoo123]

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I used AI heavily in my writing. It helped me with brainstorming, organization, reworking of sentences, etc. Everything I wrote was my own thoughts and story, just edited to flow well. IMO, that's no different than getting a writing tutor or paying for a writing service to help you. I would not worry.

Plus, I don't think schools are putting essays into AI detectors anyway. I think the only red flag is the use of em dashes because chatgpt loves those and normal people never use them. So if you have any of those, change them to commas

I agree with this mostly, although I did use em dashes to reduce the word count on numerous of my secondaries. I think it’s a clever way to fit the word count when you are cutting words.