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Poor Alignment and Steerability of Large Language Models: Evidence from College Admission Essays

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Main Authors:	Lee, Jinsook, Alvero, AJ, Joachims, Thorsten, Kizilcec, René
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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