Following a wave of concerns over AI‑assisted cheating, admissions offices at several universities are now using artificial intelligence to screen, verify and triage applications, enrollment directors said. Virginia Tech and Caltech are piloting AI readers to speed evaluations, flag authenticity issues in research submissions and reduce administrative bottlenecks. Admissions leaders emphasize AI as a consistency tool for transcript review and data extraction rather than a replacement for human judgment. Colleges say the technology helps process tens of thousands of applications faster and can detect inconsistencies that suggest outside editing or consulting, but officials also caution about transparency, bias, and the need for faculty oversight when AI touches evaluative judgments.