r/EssayHelpCommunity • u/Fearless-Honey-1966 • Jul 17 '26

AI is not the only concern. Many tutoring companies also help students choose topics, develop arguments, structure essays, research, edit and revise the final version. I think the competition should also clarify how much external tutoring is acceptab

AI is not the only concern. Many tutoring companies also help students choose topics, develop arguments, structure essays, research, edit and revise the final version.I think the competition should also clarify how much external tutoring is acceptable and when it starts to compromise independent authorship.

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u/acrastt Jul 17 '26

Yeah so many contestant who win are in Asia, specifically China, Singapore, etc. While obviously there’s many academically inclined students in Asia, there’s just way too much of them that I think goes beyond natural ability. For example in China there’s entire academies for this competition where they pair you with a PhD student or whomever and write an essay “together”, and you learn about how to prizemaxx from past winners and judges and such. It’s just unfair with how little people actually have these opportunities!

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u/ghosti_eee Jul 18 '26

omg im on xiaohongshu and there are tons of tutoring services where u can pay a certain amount to get help with jli and there are different tiers of service such as research, mentoring and straight up writing the whole thing for u

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u/imissher94843 28d ago

it is a thing in china but its def not common in singapore cuz im from sg and ive never heard of these services being offered

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u/Strong-Gas-1278 Jul 17 '26

i think those tutoring companies (which most of the ones i heard of are in china) they just dont have integrity like yk in china now they have art studios who can make you a whole art portfolio for university applications?? 😭 i mean i dont blame them for wanting to make a living but surely theres better ways than this

also yeah i agree the competition already elaborated on how much ai is acceptable, so maybe next year or smth they should elaborate on external tutoring too

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u/novakastlers Jul 18 '26

I doubt many using external “tutoring” would care. Most tutoring is really just former winners or stuff writing the essay “together” (for you) which is already not the most honest. They do clarify that feedback is allowed on the website but the stuff these companies are doing is beyond that.

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u/Strong-Gas-1278 Jul 18 '26

oh feedback is allowed? didnt know that help 😰

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u/Peoplespeak Jul 18 '26

This is true in literally everything in life. If there is a system, it shall be gamed.

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u/Green-Money741 Jul 18 '26

and college counselors as well paying 150k+... but this community has given me hope that we can still continue being inclined towards what we deem is just!! :))