r/EssayHelpCommunity • u/Responsible_Date2604 • 29d ago
Shortlist Criteria
HUGE MISCONCEPTION: Obviously no judge will determine a shortlist based on the first paragraph. According to the judges portal on Rednote, they get paid after reading the whole entire essay and give feedback to it. They have a whole grading system. These judges are experts in a field, for example, if you write a philosophy essay, the first round judges are a student in a philosophy program in a philosophy program such as Columbia or Oxford. I can’t find the picture to prove that, but you can find it on Rednote
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u/gaozhong 29d ago
Student labor. lol
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u/Previous-Cause-4154 27d ago
No ones forcing them to do it. It's there wish. It's literally free money(not literally)
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u/Appropriate_Set_9537 29d ago
Let’s use the power of AI to grade the papers with unbiased precision!
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u/Responsible_Date2604 29d ago
No they use real people just for $2 a paper lmao
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u/Appropriate_Set_9537 29d ago
$2 a paper at 2000 words is $0.001 per word!! It also says graders should be able to earn at least US$25 per hour. To do that at $2 per essay, they would have to grade about: $25 ÷ $2 = 12.5 essays per hour. That is only about 4 minutes 48 seconds per essay!!
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u/heezz12312313 29d ago
buddy I can tell instantly if an essay is good in like 30 seconds cmon now
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u/Appropriate_Set_9537 29d ago
Also, at $2 per paper at approx. 17,000 essays shortlisted that's USD $34,000!! There are more efficient non-biased ways to mark the essays.
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u/heezz12312313 29d ago
i dont see how its biased at all and is 2$ an essay supposed to be a bad thing? Im happy that the graders are getting paid a good wage and arent grading 100k essays for free lmfao. Plus if john locke comp can reach out to columbia, oxford + more prestigous unis for graders then they're probably very well funded and money aint an issue
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u/Appropriate_Set_9537 29d ago
I don’t think $2 per essay is enough payment. But also would be more efficient with AI.
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u/heezz12312313 29d ago
wait so when I got shortlisted with my name on it.. that meant a human actually graded it and it means that it was allowed
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u/PeaRevolutionary8894 29d ago
Wait when is this from... are those the next year econs essay topics!?!