They should have the applicants submit the essay in a Blue Books.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now (because of ChatGPT) Blue Books Are Back.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4319076/posts
I saw that last night. I think I had a second or two of Blue Book PTSD. I hated those things.
I remember blue books. I was taking a final exam once and we had to discuss a topic in blue books. I was on my second blue book and in the middle of a page, in the middle of a paragraph, I wrote, “Sir, are you actually reading this crap.” The Prof called me at 3 AM to let me know he WAS reading my “crap” and said it made his night. BTW, I got an A.