When we review your application, our hope is that we get to know you and understand your potential fit within the Cornell community. Therefore, when you’re drafting your essays, it’s important that we hear from you. Relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools (such as ChatGPT) to draft your essays will result in less authentic, more generic writing that doesn’t showcase your unique attributes.

If you choose to use generative AI in your application process, we expect you to do so ethically. Ethical uses of generative AI include researching colleges, brainstorming essay topics, and reviewing the grammar and spelling of your completed essays. Unethical uses include (but are not limited to) using generative AI to outline, draft, or write your essays; translating an essay written in another language; and creating images for a required portfolio.
 

For more information, see our How to Apply website.