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This feature article, “AI in college admissions: a shortcut to success or a path to self-sabotage” was written by Apple Jun from Daegu International School in Daegu, South Korea. It goes over how college admissions workers now must be trained to detect AI in college essays and can “flag essays” that they think use AI. Using AI definitely reduces a students chance of getting into a school and an associate director of first-year admissions at Drexel University emphasized the fact schools want to get to know you, not something you put into the computer.

This article can serve as a mentor text for me because it meets a good number of elements of newsworthiness including timeliness, conflict, human interest, and impact. I think that the reporter did a good job doing boots on the ground reporting because they reached out to many different colleges to talk to the admissions team to see their take on AI being used in essays and how they deal with this issue. I think that the kicker quote was really good because it really sums up admissions teams take on how they really want to get to know you and not how AI knows you. The writers transitions and quotes were really well selected and they help support the article, explaining the issue of AI being used in college essays and how admission teams overcome this.