Though it’s tough to diverge from tradition, the interview process presents far more possible risks than it does positive returns. Interviews’ ultimate and admirable goal is to get to know Princeton applicants better—and to let them get to know the University—but there are better and more equitable ways to achieve this.
The goal of education should not solely be to make students better at doing everything AI can already do — reading, summarizing, iterating, designing. It should be to give students experiences that make them better thinkers in ways that cannot be reduced to producing the correct answer.
The goal of education should not solely be to make students better at doing everything AI can already do — reading, summarizing, iterating, designing. It should be to give students experiences that make them better thinkers in ways that cannot be reduced to producing the correct answer.