ved experiences. Using generative AI, even to polish the essay's writing, can introduce inaccuracies and an inauthentic writing style.</p>

  <p>Generative AI is well known for "AI hallucinations", which is just another way to say that they are well known to output incorrect facts or made-up concepts. These errors can significantly worsen your essay and may confuse initial application reviewers. </p>

  <p>These tools also tend to produce wordy writing with little substance. Using generative AI to polish yo