Last week, a wild story blew up on X (formerly Twitter). A kid named Zach—just 18 years old—built an AI-powered calorie tracking app. Not just any app. It's reportedly generating $30 million a year.

But when he applied to top colleges? Rejected. From all of them.

Naturally, tech bros and founders everywhere started roasting these schools for turning away the most successful teenager on the planet. Then Zach posted his personal statement.

And things got even more interesting.

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The Internet's Favorite New Typo

Zach's essay quickly became a hot topic among writers, professors, and admissions types. Everyone had an opinion. Most agreed: the essay was… not great.

But the biggest drama came down to a single typo:

"It was a right of passage."

Yep. Right instead of rite. A subtle mistake, but one that screams spellcheck didn't help me.

Zach responded to the criticism saying he had five of the best writers he knows read it over. He even asked ChatGPT to review it.

Still, no one caught it.

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So We Ran It Through the Usual Tools

To see if the mistake was really that sneaky, we ran the sentence through Grammarly and Quillbot ourselves. Here's what happened:

Grammarly

Grammarly gave it a pass. No suggestions.

Quillbot

Quillbot? Completely rewrote the whole thing.

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What About ChatGPT?

Zach said he ran it through ChatGPT by asking it if there were any errors. But this method doesn't work.

Why? Because these tools can't think about why something is right or wrong when it comes to text and characters.

For example, asking AI to count how many R's are in "strawberry" might seem simple, but it often fails. It'll give you a confident answer—and often, it'll be wrong.

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How editGPT Handles This Differently

Unlike most grammar checkers or rewriting tools, editGPT is trained to catch errors in context, not just by pattern.

Here's how editGPT flagged the phrase:

It recognized that "right of passage" is a common misuse of "rite of passage" and flagged it immediately.

This is what makes editGPT different: it's not about replacing words with synonyms. It's about editing like an actual editor—with context, nuance, and cultural awareness in mind.

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The Takeaway

Even great writers miss things. Even AI can overlook obvious mistakes. And when it comes to high-stakes writing like college essays, pitch decks, or public statements, one small error can change everything.

editGPT isn't magic. But it's designed with the kind of attention to language that these other tools often skip. The stuff that makes a difference between right and rite.