School AI policies · Brown University

Does Brown University allow AI help with college essays?

Prohibits AI for application content except basic spelling and grammar review; that excludes essay feedback

What Brown University publishes

“Brown affirms this definition and reiterates our own independent policy that the use of artificial intelligence by an applicant is not permitted under any circumstances in conjunction with application content. While an applicant may use artificial intelligence to assist with spelling and grammar review, in the same way as any other platform that supports basic proofreading, the content of all essays, short-answer questions and any other material submitted by an applicant must be the work of that individual.”

Brown's prohibition covers any AI use in conjunction with application content, with only a spelling-and-grammar exception. An AI panel reading and critiquing the essay is AI used in conjunction with application content, so CollegeEssayPanel reads this conservatively as prohibiting AI feedback.

Verified August 4, 2026 · published policy

Do your own fact-checking. This page is a starting point, not the authority. The school's own admissions pages are. Policies can change after our check date (August 4, 2026), and you are responsible for verifying Brown University's current policy yourself before you rely on it, here or anywhere else.

What this means on CollegeEssayPanel

If you name Brown University as a target school, CollegeEssayPanel stops the review before the panel reads your essay and returns your credit (or your free run). The panel does not review essays bound for a school whose verified policy prohibits all AI involvement, including feedback.

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