Prompt database · 2026-27 cycle
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadlines
source| Early Action | October 15, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Regular Decision | January 15, 2027 |
Essay prompts
Confirmed with the school
No supplemental essays — personal statement only.
For the general first-year application, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill requires no school-specific essay this cycle — the Common App personal statement is the writing. Nothing is missing from this page: we list none because the school publishes none. Individual programs (honors, scholarships, or a particular major) can still ask their own questions — the source below is the school's own statement.
The school's published AI policy
sourceUNC publishes no rule governing applicants' use of AI when writing their essays. It does disclose its own use of AI in application review: "UNC uses AI programs to provide data points about students' common application essay and their school transcripts" (surfacing signals such as writing style, grammar, and curriculum rigor so staff can focus on essay content and academic achievement). AI does not decide outcomes: "No, it does not. Every application for admission to Carolina is evaluated comprehensively by extensively trained human application evaluators," and "Each applicant's final admissions decision is made by a member of the admissions committee."
How reviews use this page
When you request a review for a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supplement, the feedback is grounded in exactly what you see here: the prompt itself, its word limit, and what the school publishes about its values and programs. That's the whole claim — calibrated to the prompt and the school's own published guidance, scored against a consistent rubric. Not insider knowledge, and never a rewrite: Second Read is a coach, not a ghostwriter. It flags weaknesses and tells you what to fix and why; it never writes a sentence of your essay.
Something wrong on this page?
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