AI and Plagiarism Detected on Personal Statement
Hi, I'm just wondering if there is anyone who is facing the same concern as me. I want to apply for a master's program at a UK University, and writing a personal statement feels dramatic because how can something I write myself be detected as AI?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
Reply 1
First of all, don't panic!! Generally universities only flag up personal statements that are at least 60% ai, so you'll be okay 🙂
Although AI does follow human writing, it does have certain quirks that set it apart - things like the emdash (this — instead of this - ), being too formal, too "fake" looking (idk how to explain this but you can see it when you read AI text) a bit too perfect (any person, no matter how good they are, will have minor flaws/style) or misusing words/repeating phrases.
You can't really safeguard against this, but if you're consistently getting 60% AI maybe try dropping the formality a bit, things like using conjunctions (is that what they're called? it's instead of it is and stuff), replacing any — with -, and maybe using less complex/long words. But again, don't panic!! Hope this helps
Although AI does follow human writing, it does have certain quirks that set it apart - things like the emdash (this — instead of this - ), being too formal, too "fake" looking (idk how to explain this but you can see it when you read AI text) a bit too perfect (any person, no matter how good they are, will have minor flaws/style) or misusing words/repeating phrases.
You can't really safeguard against this, but if you're consistently getting 60% AI maybe try dropping the formality a bit, things like using conjunctions (is that what they're called? it's instead of it is and stuff), replacing any — with -, and maybe using less complex/long words. But again, don't panic!! Hope this helps
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by salsadefaHi, I'm just wondering if there is anyone who is facing the same concern as me. I want to apply for a master's program at a UK University, and writing a personal statement feels dramatic because how can something I write myself be detected as AI?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
Suggestion would be stop using AI detectors, because there is no point.
You are right that AI is learning from human written language - by using these detectors you are feeding the beast.
If you have written an authentic statement without the help of AI, you don't need a checker to tell you whether or not AI has been used - you know that.
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by sunflowers!Generally universities only flag up personal statements that are at least 60% ai,
Can I ask where this stat comes from?
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by 04MR17Can I ask where this stat comes from?
Well to be fair I'm not exactly sure about it but I've known people submit statements that were marked as 40% ai sometimes and they were fine, so I assume there's a limit to how far they'll go.
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by sunflowers!Well to be fair I'm not exactly sure about it but I've known people submit statements that were marked as 40% ai sometimes and they were fine, so I assume there's a limit to how far they'll go.
Ah I see - we don't know that universities will be going about this in similar ways. I would also be careful about making up statistics when giving advice.
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by 04MR17Ah I see - we don't know that universities will be going about this in similar ways. I would also be careful about making up statistics when giving advice.
Fair enough.
Reply 7
As someone that reads and scores masters personal statements for a living - don’t use AI checking services and don’t stress yourself listening to the garbage % numbers they make up.
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by salsadefaHi, I'm just wondering if there is anyone who is facing the same concern as me. I want to apply for a master's program at a UK University, and writing a personal statement feels dramatic because how can something I write myself be detected as AI?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
How am I supposed to write it then? I am really confused since the growth of these AI things.
I mean, AI follows what humans write; that is why it looks similar to human text. And now what really us is flagged as AI?
The AI detector is also making things scarier. All I feel when applying is just stress and confusion because I've already tried changing the structure of my essay a million times, and it still flagged as at least 40% AI.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?
If you write it yourself, there is no need to worry. If you still want to double check if it's AI, most universities use a tool called TurnItIn. Students cant get access to this, but the most similar free software available is grammarly and quillbot. Check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rklz3c5F1Ss&t=1092s
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