The Use of CHATGPT and similar tools

Question

My daughter asked CHATGPT for essay help for her medical school statement and wants to adapt what she received for her own use. How would you go about that?

Answer 1

99.9% of the time it is a very bad idea. Medical school personal statements are not meant to be your CV in essay form, they are meant to be extremely personal essays about your dreams and journey as a future physician. ChatGPT will never hit that nail on the head, no matter how much information you feed it. Furthermore, admissions officers read thousands of personal statements every year and it is very easy to tell which ones are written with 'outside help'. The only valid applications I have seen for AI in this situation are from a grammatical standpoint. For example, correcting grammar if English is not your first language, or if a sentence doesn't sound quite right and you need options on how to rephrase it.

Medical schools can also detect when essays are written by AI, and you can easily get blacklisted from ever applying to medical school by using it. Absolutely not worth it.

Answer 2

I cannot say it loud and clear enough. DO NOT! The schools have every tool for detecting AI help and plagiarism. CHAT picks its writing right off the internet and that will be visible to the school as well. The statements are for the medical schools to select who should take the next step and apply. The likely result of using such materials will be an immediate no before she ever begins