UCAS personal statement + ai

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I used ai on my ps just to make the words flow better, but all of the ideas are mine. I take some of the ambiguous words that ai suggested and put it into my ps. I kept checking the ai detector if it can detect the ai and it always came back with 0% ai. I've checked with multiple websites but im just scared when i send my ps it will flag up with ai detections. So does anyone know if i should kinda continue using it or if anyone have any idea what ucas use to detect Ai writing/ plagiarism?? or just any thoughts or if anyone has had the same experience?

Reply 1

_Odysseus_

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by Summerscrapbook3

I used ai on my ps just to make the words flow better, but all of the ideas are mine. I take some of the ambiguous words that ai suggested and put it into my ps. I kept checking the ai detector if it can detect the ai and it always came back with 0% ai. I've checked with multiple websites but im just scared when i send my ps it will flag up with ai detections. So does anyone know if i should kinda continue using it or if anyone have any idea what ucas use to detect Ai writing/ plagiarism?? or just any thoughts or if anyone has had the same experience?

Don't use it! UCAS will probably detect it, and then you may not get into any unis. Besides, unis want to hear from you, not AI. UCAS also probably has a more advanced detection software than any free ones online. Don't risk your future.

Reply 2

Summerscrapbook3

OP

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by _Odysseus_

Don't use it! UCAS will probably detect it, and then you may not get into any unis. Besides, unis want to hear from you, not AI. UCAS also probably has a more advanced detection software than any free ones online. Don't risk your future.

Ok thankyou so much !!

Reply 3

04MR17

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post

by Summerscrapbook3

I used ai on my ps just to make the words flow better, but all of the ideas are mine. I take some of the ambiguous words that ai suggested and put it into my ps. I kept checking the ai detector if it can detect the ai and it always came back with 0% ai. I've checked with multiple websites but im just scared when i send my ps it will flag up with ai detections. So does anyone know if i should kinda continue using it or if anyone have any idea what ucas use to detect Ai writing/ plagiarism?? or just any thoughts or if anyone has had the same experience?

When you submit your UCAS application you complete a declaration that says all aspects of the application, including the PS is entirely your own.
If your current PS has been created using AI then you cannot honestly complete that declaration and say this is entirely yours.
Therefore, you need to start again - or risk application fraud.

Secondly, copy and pasting your PS into a pile of AI checkers online is very risky, while the big names in the AI industries are data secure (UCAS list about 6 of them on their website) any others may have very awkward data protection policies meaning you don't know how your personal statement is going to be stored by them - and therefore whether or not UCAS flag your PS for AI use, there's a serious risk of them flagging it for plagiarism if elements of your PS are being used by internet machines somewhere because you have fed it to those machines.

Best advice would be to start again. You're risking quite a bit otherwise.