29. How will AI impact college admissions? Convo w/ Marie Bigham, Founder/Executive Director - ACCEPT

How will AI impact college admissions?

Today’s episode is a special one for me because I had the opportunity to interview Marie Bigham, someone who I’ve respected and looked up to because of her many contributions to the field of college access over her career. Most notably through founding the group ACCEPT.

In high schools across the world, seniors are undergoing an intensive season as they determine their next stop after high school. College admissions officers are scurring across the country to talk with schools about their institutions and awaiting the sea of applications headed their way as they make decisions on their freshman class in the next six months.

Amid this annual season, we’ve been thrown a huge monkey wrench in the form of artificial intelligence, which for many students, really caught on after last years submission cycle had ended.

This years application leaves some really big unanswered questions - How are colleges using AI? To what extent should students be using AI on their applications? How can AI transform the application and matriculation process as a whole?

Marie and I dig into all of these questions. Reflecting back on my conversation, all I can say is buckle your seat belt and get ready for the masterclass Marie delivers on the college admissions landscape.

Plus, ChatGPT gets an upgrade, the physical costs of AI, and AI deepfakes.

Show notes:

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