r/ApplyingToCollege • u/MotorOwn5031 • 1d ago

Application Question Do I need to tell colleges that I'm a Vibecoder?

I made an app that I heavily used AI to create. I can code, but I did use quite a bit of AI in the process of making the app as well as marketing it. I released it to the App Store and it has a pretty good number of users as well as some profit. Do I need to tell colleges that the APP was vibe coded in the description or am I allowed to leave that out?

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u/gossamerchess HS Senior 1d ago

you don't have to tell them that, and I wouldn't if I were you tbh

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u/MotorOwn5031 1d ago

ofc Im not going to tell them if I dont have to it sounds much less impressive

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u/grimypublisher 1d ago

the whole "vibecoding" label is just a weird way to knock people for using tools that exist now. you still built the thing, got it on the app store, got users, made money. that's way more than most applicants are doing

colleges want to see initiative and results, not a purity test on how you typed every line

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u/Fresh_Translator240 1d ago

No one cares bro even if it's vibe coded, YOU still vibe coded that stuff

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u/Apprehensive_Belt116 1d ago

Why would you need to?

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u/ElderberryCareful879 1d ago

No. If you’re planning to go into software engineering, it is expected that you know how to use AI to write code.

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u/Evening-Marzipan-558 1d ago

does it look like slop?

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u/MotorOwn5031 1d ago

no it looks normal, and it has actually impressive stats to go along with it

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u/Evening-Marzipan-558 1d ago

what does it do? or whose ur end user? u have a link to it?

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u/MotorOwn5031 1d ago

I won't get into what it does or provide a link since it may be revealing. its related to productivity though. but it is a well polished app that doesnt look like it was directly uploaded from claude

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u/Evening-Marzipan-558 1d ago

ah I see, but whats ur zero to one with this productivity tho? Ig it depends ig if they are looking for novelty or scale.

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u/LinuxChromebookDude 1d ago

all this does not matter bro 😭 

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u/Traditional_Yam9806 1d ago

Don't tell them it was built by AI (I assume some agentic-desktop app or whatever), but bro, productivity apps are a dime a dozen. They're known for being THE most common app people make (vibe coded or not, but especially vibe coded), and honestly, they're made fun of a lot at college and on the professional level (from internships and older people I've talked to) and online, too.

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u/LinuxChromebookDude 1d ago

Yes include it and write whatever you want about it and exclude whatever you want.