Applying to college is stressful enough without juggling a dozen deadlines across different schools. OpenAI wants ChatGPT to help with that. The company just announced College Planner, a new tool coming soon to ChatGPT for Teens, along with new study features like flashcards, interactive Quizzes, and easier note uploads to help students prepare for exams.
What can ChatGPT’s new College Planner do?
College Planner brings the messy, practical side of applications into one place. It can organize requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps for the schools you’re considering.
You can return anytime to update your progress and use a built-in timeline to stay ahead of due dates. You can also ask ChatGPT direct questions along the way, whether that’s understanding a confusing requirement or figuring out where to even begin.
OpenAI says the tool is designed to handle the practical, logistical grind of applying, not replace the deeply personal decision of choosing where you actually want to go. Initially, it’s rolling out in the US for students in grades 10 through 12 planning to attend a four-year college. OpenAI says it plans to expand the feature to more countries and cover two-year colleges, technical schools, and trade programs too.
What are the new study tools in ChatGPT for Teens?
Clicking pictures and uploading notes could take a lot of time, so iOS users can now snap multiple photos of handwritten notes in one continuous capture. ChatGPT will automatically stitch them into a single PDF ready to upload. OpenAI says that Android support for multi-photo capture will arrive sometime later.
ChatGPT can also turn uploaded notes into flashcards you can shuffle, mark as known, or revisit later, with every deck saved to your library for easy access. Students can also turn notes into interactive Quizzes directly in ChatGPT. You can upload notes directly or simply ask ChatGPT for one in chat. OpenAI says the system is now better at recognizing when someone wants a quiz and generating one.
This update arrives after a recent Common Sense Media report raised serious concerns about ChatGPT for Teens’ safeguards. The group tested the chatbot with 4,000 prompts, raising questions about whether it is safe enough for younger users.
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