ChatGPT or AI feedback can spot grammar, repetition, and vague support, but it often fails to rank the issue that blocks the target band. Treat AI feedback as a clue, then use the original essay to confirm the main blocker and evidence.
Short answer: first ask whether the AI feedback has essay evidence, then revise one score-blocking move.
If AI gives 6.0 or 6.5 with zero quotes from your essay, treat the score as a rough reference only.
When grammar, vocabulary, structure, and examples all appear as fixes, the real question is which one to repair first.
IELTS Writing rewards finding the main blocker in task response, development, coherence, or language control; sounding like a model essay comes later.
IELTS Writing still evaluates task response, development, coherence, vocabulary, and grammar control. AI feedback needs to point back to your own sentences; only then can you tell whether it found the score blocker or just gave generic polishing advice.
Check whether it names the criterion, whether it cites your essay, and whether it tells you the single revision action that matters most for the next draft.
Write the final essay yourself. Submit one real essay, get a conservative range, the main blocker, and essay evidence, then rewrite one claim-support chain yourself.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
If ChatGPT or AI gave you a score and suggestions, the next step is not copying fixes; use one real essay to confirm the main blocker, evidence, and next revision step.
