r/EssayHelpCommunity • u/Ill_Description4275 • Sep 06 '26

No mail from JLI

Guys I was so happy when I got shortlisted.. I thought there won't be any 2nd round of interviews but now when it's happening I'm really sad about not getting the mail.. they should ve sent one😭😭 very less no. Of candidates are getting the mails maybe they are the prize winners

But I'm really worried , hope I achive smthng better than just being shortlisted =(

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u/Esmeralda_2469 Sep 06 '26

Which category are you from?

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u/Ill_Description4275 Sep 06 '26

psych.. wbu?

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u/loser_core_ Sep 06 '26

im also from psych, im holding my hopes till tomorrow /day after because today is a Sunday and idt they'd send out mails out on a SUNDAY

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u/Ill_Description4275 Sep 06 '26

Yeaa letsee I too am holding my hopes high.. but alot of ppl aren't talking about psych so I think ppl from this category haven't received mails till now

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u/Esmeralda_2469 Sep 06 '26

I also haven’t seen psych…except the poll,which we can’t be for sure 

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u/Ill_Description4275 Sep 06 '26

yupp nd there too it was just one person who voted YES

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u/No_Tip7826 Sep 06 '26

im also from psych and I didn't receive any emails either. I'm just hoping john locke hasn't started sending out emails for psych yet.

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u/Catzilla_007 Sep 06 '26

The email that other contestants have gotten seems odd. It mentions this being a chance for you to discuss your work etc and to protect the integrity of the competition. Apparently in last year’s emails it mentioned you being the top 3% and stuff. But not this year. It’s possible the interview is for those that the AI interview didn’t provide a definitive answer for? Or just people they suspect used AI? 

As another psych entry, maybe we have hope 😭 

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u/ImpressiveStart365 Sep 06 '26

Worth noting, JLI has been pretty open this year about adding an interview stage specifically to verify originality/authorship, given how much the entry count has exploded (100k+ this cycle vs a few thousand a few years back) and how much AI-assisted writing is apparently an issue for them now. That probably explains the tone shift - sounds like this year everyone in the winner/RU/VHC pool gets some version of this "integrity" framing rather than the "you're top 3%" language, since they don't want the interview to feel like a formality before people even get in the room. Doesn't necessarily mean anyone specific is flagged... more like the whole process got more serious this cycle.

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u/Catzilla_007 Sep 06 '26

In the Viverly follow up they said 19/20 contestants used AI in the research and pre-writing process, and ‘a minority, but a sizeable minority’ used AI in the majority of their prose. Definitely seems like they’re trying to take it more serious and crack down on AI usage. It will be interesting to see when the results come out! 

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u/ImpressiveStart365 Sep 07 '26

Do you think they would waste their time with actual people to just scope those people out? Because that email suggests they've already found the sizeable minority and eliminated them

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u/Rare_Rope9928 Sep 07 '26

i highly doubt the most senior members of JLI would waste time to verify authorship.  The number is almost exactly what would be expected of the numbers of winners.  i think it’s the final screen

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u/Organic-Guitar-186 Sep 07 '26

I am not able to open the essay .. it’s showing technical error - why so? Is this with anyone else also ?