Archive · 2 Jun 2025
AI to Combat Fake College Applications in Admissions
Imagine a smart computer program helping colleges find real students.
This program, using AI, checks if applications are fake.
It looks at things like names, pictures, and IDs.
It's like having a super-smart detective!
Last year, it found lots of fake applications.
Now, it's ready to work even better.
This should make it easier for the right students to get into college and prevent silly mistakes, like when famous people's names appeared in the lists!
The higher education department will use AI to weed out fake applications for undergraduate college admissions.
The AI-driven system will detect fake profiles, images, and identities.
The AI tool aims to prevent embarrassments caused by fake celebrity applications, as happened previously.
The portal will identify fake candidates by checking ID proof, mobile numbers, names, and images.
Several college principals acknowledged that the centralized portal had reduced the challenge of spotting fake applications.
- Who
- The state higher education department.
- What
- The higher education department will use an AI-driven application to detect fake applications.
- When
- This year, for undergraduate college admissions
- Where
- In the centralized admission portal.
- Why
- To improve the integrity and efficiency of the admission process and avoid fraudulent activities.
- Purpose of AI tool
- To detect and block fake applications
- Where AI will be used
- Centralized admission portal
- Data checked by AI
- Names, images, and IDs
- Results of last year's pilot
- Identified multiple fake profiles
- Expected benefit
- Improved integrity and efficiency