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Essay requirements, 2026-27

267 colleges: prompts word for word, word limits, deadlines. Collected from college websites in August 2026 and not guaranteed, so confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.

Applying to several? Build your list and get one calendar, one word count, and every prompt in writing order.

Not sure where you stand? Sort your colleges into reaches, targets and likelies using the admit rates and score ranges they report to the federal government. No list yet? Find colleges by GPA and SAT across all four-year US colleges, strongest fit first.

Looking for the easy adds? 108 of these colleges ask for no supplemental essays, so one personal statement covers the writing.

How much writing is typical? How many supplemental essays colleges require, with prompt counts and total word limits from the colleges’ own pages.

When is everything due? Early Decision and Early Action deadlines, every round for every checked college, with the most common date in each.