Prompt database · 2026-27 cycle
University of Missouri
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sourceNo deadlines published for this cycle yet. Check the source link above — we'll add them as soon as the school posts them.
Essay prompts (2)
None required of a general applicant · all 2 below are honors only
- identityHonors College applicants2026-27750 words
Because you are interested in the Honors College, we already assume you are bright, hard-working and determined. What's another trait you have that we wouldn't know just by reading your resume?
This is the 2025-26 wording, carried over: University of Missouri has not republished this prompt for 2026-27 yet. Schools usually post updates around the Common App opening on August 1; we re-check after that and change this text only against an official source.
- activityHonors College applicants2026-27750 words
Tell us about an activity, either school-related or not school-related, that you spend a lot of time on. Why do you spend your time doing this activity and how has it shaped you?
This is the 2025-26 wording, carried over: University of Missouri has not republished this prompt for 2026-27 yet. Schools usually post updates around the Common App opening on August 1; we re-check after that and change this text only against an official source.
The school's published AI policy
Responses to application essay questions should reflect your own ideas and experiences, be independently written by you and reflect your personal writing style. You may receive advice on content and editing, including the use of generative artificial intelligence software to assist with readability only (e.g. making grammar or clarity suggestions for revising the work that you have already generated yourself). Content, substance and final written text must be your own. You are ultimately responsible for the accuracy and readability of your work.
This guidance is from Mizzou's Honors College; its general admissions pages publish no AI policy.
the school’s published policyChecked Sep 8, 2026
Our reading
On its Honors College application page - the only applicant-facing AI statement Mizzou publishes, with no equivalent for general first-year admission - Missouri requires essay responses to be independently written by the applicant while explicitly permitting generative AI "to assist with readability only," including clarity suggestions for revising work the applicant has already written.
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