Author name: gilesb13

After years of rewriting AI essays, it has become easy to notice when an essay is written by AI. Certain words, phrases, and punctuation styles just “feel” like AI writing, and AI also tends to have a certain “voice,” which is very dry and formal, and lacks any sense of personal style. Here is an AI-generated essay (a Personal Statement for a graduate school application). In the essay, I highlighted all of the words or phrases that seem like AI: Some of the highlighted words above may be fine, but with several of these words and phrases in one essay,…

Applying for college can be an incredibly stressful time for students and parents alike. The Common Application (or “Common App” as it’s commonly known) helps to simplify and streamline the process. Similar to the UCAS process in the UK, the Common Application makes it possible for students to apply to several schools using a single application. Although you don’t need to use the Common App—as you can also apply directly to a school using their website or paper application—the Common App makes it much easier to apply to multiple schools at once. The Common App is accepted by nearly 900

When preparing your application to university or graduate school, you may notice that some schools ask for a “Statement of Purpose”, whereas others require a “Personal Statement”. This leads everyone to inevitably type into the search bar: What’s the difference between a Statement of Purpose and a Personal Statement?  Think of it like this: A Statement of Purpose is more about the Statement. A Personal Statement is more about the Personal. Statement of Purpose A Statement of Purpose (SOP) is like a CV in paragraph form. You need to start with an introduction describing why you are interested in your