100 ways college students are using ChatGPT

Chats to learn new things, jump start a career, and navigate college life

Early in 2025, we invited 70 college students to teach us how they were using ChatGPT. We met weekly online as a group and they showed us their best chats, highlighting the ones that were the most useful. They also learned a ton from one another.

It quickly became clear that these examples could help more students. So we expanded the group, began testing and ranking the chats, and compiled the top 100 into a resource for students everywhere.

Other people like educators and parents will find this collection just as useful.

The book

There’s also a printed book with all the chats. Students are handing out copies at 50 colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.

We may print additional copies in the future — leave a comment if you would be interested in one!

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Thank you to all the students and creators who contributed to this resource. ✨

The ChatGPT Lab, Spring 2025

Aarnav Verma, Dartmouth College
Aditi Agni, Carnegie Mellon University
Ahaan Limaye, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alaap Nair, University of California, Berkeley
Anish Dhanasekaran, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Arik Karim, George Washington University
Ashley Cheng, Minerva University
Caleb Masi, University of Minnesota
Carmen Izuzkiza, Stanford University
Cecily Chung, Brown University
Charles Price, University of Washington
Clare Antonow, University of California, Berkeley
Cole Lee, Stanford University
Connor Raney, Babson College
Delphine Tai-Beauchamp, University of California, Irvine
Elle O Hill, University of California, Berkeley
Emilin Mathew, Stanford University
Emily H., Stanford University
Ethan Miller, Brigham Young University
Evelyn Song, Stanford University
Grace DeBoer, Syracuse University
Grant Gutzwiller, Claremont McKenna College
Hamidah Oderinwale, McGill University
Harsha Ravindran, University of Pennsylvania
Hexi Jin, University of Chicago
Isaac Seiler, Washington University in St. Louis
Izzy Steinberg, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Jackson La Vallee, Vanderbilt University
Jane Drinkwater, Brigham Young University
Karina Kejriwal, Purdue University
Kefa Abakuki, University of Utah
Keith Curry, San Francisco State University
Kulsoom Rasheed, Rutgers University
Liam Blackshaw-Brown, University of Southern California
Luan Nguyen, Arizona State University
Luke Tu, Brown University
Madison Diefenbach, Brigham Young University
Maggie Wang, Princeton University
Maher Harp, Harvard University
Marianna Manolioudaki, Brandeis University
Meghana Kotcherlakota, Georgia Institute of Technology
Meghna Goli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mia Purse, Elon University
Michael Loff, Stevens Institute of Technology
Michael Wang, Ohio State University
Michelle Ifediba, University of California, Berkeley
Milo Shan, University of Pennsylvania
Monica Adams, University of California, Los Angeles
Natalia Vergara, Stanford University
Noah Campbell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nolan Windham, Claremont McKenna College
Parker Jones, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Parv Jain, Indiana University
Praja Tickoo, University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Jiarui Chen, Northeastern University
Raghavi Putluri, University of Washington
Rakshan Patnaik, University of California, San Diego
Ryan Growney, Duke University
Sanjana Garlapati, Babson College
Sarah Toussaint, New York University
Sarayu Reddy, University of Georgia
Siddharth Mehta, Arizona State University
Willow M., Texas
Yabsera Benyam, University of Southern California
Yashika Sharma, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yogya Kalra, Western University, Ontario

Special thanks

Bilan Cali, @bilan.caliii
Carolina Hoyos, @x3_carolinaaa
Catherine Goetze, @AskCatGPT
Daisy Sheng, Carnegie Mellon University
David Fries,

Techintrospect

Deonna, @deonnahodges
Diantha Boardman, u/diantha504
Emily Hallman, Carleton University
Eshaan Chaturvedi, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harper Carroll, @harpercarrollai
Jake, @j4kemode
James Gulles, @jamestries_
Jaya, @imjjayaa
Juan Fernandez-Perez, Brown University
Julia Vasedkova, @julia_wanders
Kayleigh Koekemoer, @KayleighKoekemoer
Kelsey Lohse, @kelseylohse
Mal, University of the Witwatersrand
Malindu Praboda, u/WealthBrilliant3485
Makenzie Crampton, @makenziecrampton
Maria Angel Ferrero, @thehybridprofessor
Marta Taras, @martarasava
Nick Cornelius, @nick.cornelius
Nirvana Marchetti, Murdoch University
Paniz Fotoohi, @lsatmuse
Shelby Susnick, @booplethesnoot
Tuhin Patra, u/Level_Might_2871
Valentin Belanov, @valechek_
Zak Cocos, Austin, Texas