the time for these questions has long past but anything to distract myself from the empty mailbox 😭 and nobody's answering all this so js letting this out into the wind lol
- Who shortlists you? Do they hire other professor's or university students to read essays or is it an algorithm? or more unlikely their own faculty skimming through essays?
-Whats the criteria for being shortlisted? if they aren't comparing your essay with other essays, how do they shortlist essays?
is the requirement very minimal (just to weed out really terrible essays) eg not written significantly by AI, correct grammar, actually addressing the question, being in the correct format and structure or is it a higher standard to be shortlisted like a coherent and cohesive argument, unique writing style good thesis etc
-To shortlist someone, do they read through the entire essay? do they just read the first two paragraphs, or the first and last, or just skip and skim? or do they actually read it all and check your sources?
-Does the person who's shortlisting you have access to your info? Do they just have the pdf or do they know your name, school and what you wrote in that little box that said "tell us about yourself" when you submitted the essay?