How to preserve your authentic voice when using AI assistance
Use assistance for structure and review while keeping facts, judgement and final language under your control.
Before using any assistance, check the scholarship provider's current rules. Some programmes restrict or require disclosure of AI use.
Use assistance for questions, not identity
Useful support can help you notice missing context, compare a draft with the prompt or generate questions for revision.
- Keep your factual evidence outside generated text
- Treat suggestions as material to review, not approved copy
- Never add an experience, result or emotion that is not yours
Protect your source material
Understand what information a tool stores and how it is used before sharing personal, academic or referee information.
- Remove unnecessary identifiers
- Do not upload confidential reference content
- Use the provider's own policy as the final authority
Run an authenticity check
The final response should be accurate, defensible and recognisably yours.
- Can you explain every claim in an interview?
- Does the language match how you communicate?
- Did you verify every date, name and fact?
- Did you follow disclosure requirements?