Boston College AI Policy for College Applications
Policy Changed Since September 2025
Permission: L2 (unchanged)
Disclosure: D1 → D0 (Unknown policy)
Enforcement: E2 → E0 (Unknown policy)
This school updated their AI admissions policy between our September 2025 and February 2026 reviews.
Quick Answer: Can you use AI at Boston College?
Boston College allows limited AI use for editing and improving your own writing. AI can help with grammar, clarity, and sentence-level edits, but you must write the core content yourself.
Disclosure: Boston College does not require disclosure of AI use in admissions materials.
Enforcement: Boston College has not indicated how they check for AI use in admissions essays.
Last verified: 2026-02-17 • Confidence: High
What This Means For Your Application
✓Generally Safe
- AI grammar and clarity suggestions
- Rephrasing individual sentences with AI
✗Avoid
- Having AI write entire paragraphs or essays
- Using AI to generate ideas you present as your own
Policy Evidence
University General Policy
“Generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT may also serve as a resource, but must only be used as a guide”
— Apply - Admission and Aid - Boston College(Verified: Feb 2026)
“content must never be directly copied from AI or other sources”
— Apply - Admission and Aid - Boston College(Verified: Feb 2026)
“Personal statements, supplemental essays, and free responses provide students with a valuable opportunity to have an authentic voice”
— Apply - Admission and Aid - Boston College(Verified: Feb 2026)
Specific Guidelines
✓ Allowed Uses
- •AI as a resource or guide for generating ideas
- •consulting AI tools like ChatGPT alongside parents, teachers, and counselors
✗ Not Allowed
- •directly copying content from AI
- •submitting AI-generated text as your own
Sources Verified
All sources checked (7)
Policy Sources:
Additional Sources Checked:
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/admission/apply.html
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/offices/studentaffairs/sites/careers/prepare/artificial-intelligence.html
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/messina-college/admission/apply.html
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/morrissey/graduate/admission/faq.html
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/generative-ai/Guidelines.html
- https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-experience/apply.html
Policy History
| Date | Permission | Disclosure | Enforcement | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 (current) | L2 | D0 | E0 | High |
| 2025-09-18 | L2 | D1 | E2 | High |
Additional Context
BC undergraduate admissions has a clear 'Note on Use of Artificial Intelligence' on the Apply page. AI tools like ChatGPT are explicitly permitted as a resource/guide, but content must never be directly copied from AI. The policy covers personal statements, supplemental essays, and free responses. No disclosure requirement or enforcement mechanism is described. The Career Center separately advises against using AI to draft personal statements for graduate/professional school applications, but this is advisory guidance rather than formal admissions policy. Previous classification had D1 and E2 but no evidence supports those levels; the policy does not ask for disclosure and does not mention detection or verification tools.
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