University of Michigan–Ann Arbor AI Policy for College Applications

Michigan publishes four different admissions rules, one per unit, so no single institution-level verdict is accurate. Undergraduate admissions (the institution-level row here) permits AI for brainstorming, outlining, proofreading and organizing, and asks applicants not to paste AI-generated text — classified L3 rather than the earlier L4. The Law School expects every written submission to be the applicant's own and says applicants ought not use generative AI in drafting, with one published exception: the 2026-27 optional essay 10 is to be answered using generative AI. Michigan Law is classified L4 because the 2026-09-01 page grants no generative-AI permission for drafting: the earlier paragraph welcoming 'electronic tools (like Grammarly or spellcheck)' and human 'basic proofreading assistance and general feedback and critiques', read on 2026-07-29, was not on the page on 2026-09-01, so a 'brainstorming only' classification would claim a permission the current page does not give. The single published exception — optional essay 10, which is to be answered using generative AI — is coded separately as its own L1 row. Rackham requires an attestation of sole authorship, permits Grammarly-style grammar and spelling review, and prohibits GenAI outlining or drafting. Ross permits AI with a required APA in-text citation. Enforcement is E0 across every Michigan unit because none of the four pages publishes a detection or screening method; the previous E2 codes were not supported by any Michigan source. The Law School and Rackham certifications that applicants actually sign sit inside the application (LSAC and the Rackham form); we have not read the 2026-27 certification text, so it is not quoted here and must not be presented as current-cycle. The michigan.law.umich.edu, michiganross.umich.edu and admissions.umich.edu pages return HTTP 403 to a plain fetch; the 2026-09-01 quotes were retrieved from the same official URLs through a text proxy.