Tech-Neill-ogy #65 - 15 September 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
September 16, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #65!

It finally happened… a university representative from Princeton University, in a webinar on Thursday, stated that students should not use AI in any way on their applications. From my experience, this was the first time I have heard this from a university. Previously, commentary had been about not copying and pasting content from AI chatbots, but there was little ambiguity that using AI in any way was against Princeton’s wishes. I’m still processing what to do with this information, particularly if a student is applying to Princeton and a place like Georgia Tech. How do we effectively counsel a student in such a situation? I’m still unsure.

In any case, it was a busy week, as always. Read more here. Connecting with my São Paulo colleagues on Saturday at the KIC UnivAssist Counselor HQ was particularly enjoyable.

I’ve harassed you all for three weeks for participation in a survey for an upcoming presentation on AI that I am a part of at the CIS Global Forum on International Admission & Guidance in Basel, Switzerland, in November. That said, the information is incredibly helpful, if not unsurprising. However, here is a sneak peek at a telling component of the data set:

For this week’s non-tech article, I implore you to take some time to read this or one of the many other articles on the recent research on the impact of the US Supreme Court ruling on racial diversity in the application process. There is a lot to process and a lot to be gleaned from the data.

In any case, enjoy this week’s newsletter!

The Future of AI in Counseling

AI is changing the way college and career counseling is delivered. CGN has developed AVA, a unique support system trained by 300 experts in dozens of topics, with more added weekly. Watch the recorded presentation on how AI drives rapid changes in counseling and see AVA in action!

streamyard.com/watch/hytJxg9s9p22

Getting AI to do your work

That’s the first step, certainly. If you don’t, your boss will. The second step is to take the time you’ve freed up and do work that the AI can’t do.

seths.blog/2024/09/getting-ai-to-do-your-work

AI is already advancing higher education

Generative AI has enormous potential to advance, enhance, and expand higher education in the future. Few realize how AI is already improving what we do today in myriad ways.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2024/09/10/ai-already-advancing-higher-education

Colleges are using AI in admissions. How can they do it right?

Some colleges receive tens of thousands of applications every year. Admissions officers are turning to Artificial Intelligence to help with the screening, which could mean what and how students get into college.

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/09/04/colleges-ai-admissions-application-university-students

Stanford students train AI to help with college essays

Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of high- and low-quality essays into an AI model to train them on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. 

www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/09/04/stanford-students-train-ai-help-college

Focus Buddy - Boost Productivity with AI-Powered Focus Sessions

Enhance your productivity with Focus Buddy’s AI-powered focus sessions. Stay on track, manage distractions, and achieve more in less time.

www.focusbuddy.ai

AI Infographic Maker - Create Stunning Visuals Easily

Create custom AI-powered infographics for your content/blog/website, including infographics, infographics, and infographic examples.

graphicinfo.cc

Essay Grader AI - The Original AI Essay Grader as seen on CNN

Join 30,000+ teachers using AI to grade essays based on your own rubrics. Find errors, get improvement suggestions for your students, and detect AI usage.

www.essaygrader.ai

MinutesLink - AI Note Taker

Get human-accurate meeting minutes for every call.

minuteslink.com

Name Drop AI

Name Drop will help you grow organically by name-dropping your product or service in the right places.

name-drop.ai

Here’s an important one that I encourage everyone to try out… Using ChatGPT (or another AI chatbot) for this sort of thing is increasingly common. You may need to ask your chatbot to define “geoswerve” before asking this question, but nevertheless, the output is fantastic! 

Make 10 talking points about why a student should geoswerve.

If you have any great prompts or ideas, please share! Send me a note at [email protected].

Webinars & Live Events Page

Look here for upcoming webinars and other events (and recorded ones) by the College Essay Guy! New events are happening all the time…

www.collegeessayguy.com/webinars-live-events

This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about a post by Adam Grant, a renowned organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who is widely recognized for his research on motivation, generosity, and creativity (author of bestsellers like Give and Take and Think Again):

Take a break! I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week!

Happy counseling,

Jeff