# Executive Director for MBA Admissions Lindsay Loyd highlights the value of the Pick 6 visual essay: “How 5 Business Schools Are Sensibly Adopting AI.”

School News

— September 8, 2026

![AACSB logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/AACSB%20logo%20230x260.jpg?itok=rjSrHWW-)

Excerpt from [AACSB Insights](https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/articles/2026/09/how-5-business-schools-are-sensibly-adopting-ai) -- “Lindsay Loyd is the executive director of MBA admissions at New York University’s Stern School of Business. She says that a pre-ChatGPT addition to the school’s application process has proven ‘invaluable’ in an AI-powered world.

“‘One of our essays, the very popular Pick 6 visual essay in which applicants share six images that show us who they are as people and what they’ll bring to the Stern community, is relatively AI-proof. Applicants now tell us it’s one of the best parts of our application.’”

[Read More](https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/articles/2026/09/how-5-business-schools-are-sensibly-adopting-ai)