ChatGPT Adds College Planner for High School Students — SkimNews
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- OpenAI is launching a College Planner in ChatGPT that consolidates application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps into a single plan students can revisit as they apply to multiple schools.
- College Planner will roll out "soon" and initially target US students in grades 10 through 12 planning to attend four-year colleges, OpenAI says.
- ChatGPT is gaining study tools: iOS users can now batch-upload multiple photos and convert them into a single PDF, and ChatGPT can generate flashcards from a student's notes.
- ChatGPT for Teens launched in August with built-in safeguards and break reminders, the mode now receiving the new planner and study tooling.
- Common Sense Media recently rated ChatGPT for Teens an "unacceptable risk," saying the tool "still does kids' homework" and fails to alert parents when it should — a report published shortly before OpenAI's announcement.
- OpenAI claims teens spend "under 15 minutes a day" on ChatGPT on average, a usage figure the company paired with the rollout as a partial counter to the watchdog critique.
Why it matters: OpenAI shipped new teen-facing features days after Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk,' forcing families and districts to weigh an expanded planner and study suite against unresolved concerns about parental alerts and homework shortcuts. The 'under 15 minutes a day' usage claim is a direct, contested counter to the watchdog report rather than a new safety commitment, meaning the announcement sharpens the debate instead of resolving it.
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