University of Notre Dame essay review
University of Notre Dame prints five supplemental prompts for 2026-27 and asks every applicant to write three of them, capped at 150 words and 50-100 words. A NudgeEssay review reads your draft against the University of Notre Dame prompt you pick, not against a general checklist: six rubric bands scored 1 to 5, notes on your own sentences in the margin, a map of where a reader's attention holds and where it drops, and a ranked list of fixes with the biggest one first. The first fix and the line a reader kept come back free; the full marked-up report is $49 for one essay or $299 for 20.
The University of Notre Dame prompts and deadlines below were read on University of Notre Dame's own admissions site on 2026-08-30. NudgeEssay is not affiliated with University of Notre Dame and makes no claim about any admissions decision.
What University of Notre Dame asks you to write
Word for word, from University of Notre Dame’s own admissions pages. Pick the one your draft answers in the box below and the read is judged against that prompt’s own asks.
Supplement 1 · 150 words
Everyone has different priorities when considering their higher education options and building their college or university list. Tell us about your "non-negotiable" factor(s) when searching for your future college home.
Supplement 2 · 50-100 words
Short answer option 1. How does faith influence the decisions you make?
Supplement 3 · 50-100 words
Short answer option 2. What is distinctive about your personal experiences and development (e.g. family support, culture, disability, personal background, community)? Why are these experiences important to you and how will you enrich the Notre Dame community?
Supplement 4 · 50-100 words
Short answer option 3. Notre Dame's undergraduate experience is characterized by a collective sense of care for every person. How do you foster service to others in your community?
Supplement 5 · 50-100 words
Short answer option 4. What would you fight for?
The same prompts with every deadline round, the platform and the dated source are on the University of Notre Dame essay requirements page.
What the review does to your University of Notre Dame essay
It reads the draft cold, the way a stranger with four hundred more files to get through reads it, and answers the question that decides the essay: what is still there a week later. Then it scores six rubric bands from 1 to 5, each with a short quote from your own essay that drove the band and two or three sentences on what would raise it.
It marks your own sentences in the margin, maps where a reader’s attention holds and where it drops across the draft, screens for the patterns that read as AI-written or consultant-written, names the stock archetypes the essay is falling into, and ranks the fixes with the biggest one first. It points at your own material and never writes a sentence for you to paste.
Prompt fit is judged first, before any opinion of the writing: each distinct ask in the University of Notre Dame prompt is checked separately, because an essay aimed near the prompt rather than at it is the most common fatal miss in a paid draft.
All 23 checks are listed on what the review checks. Seven complete reports on sample essays are published unedited, exactly as the engine wrote them, on the samples page, and what a college essay grader leaves out explains where the six bands stop and the read begins.
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$49 for one essay, $299 for a pack of 20, one free re-read on every essay, nothing expires. The first fix and the line a reader kept come back before you pay. Every plan is set out on the pricing page.
When it is due
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Restrictive Early Action | November 1, 2026 |
| Early Action | November 1, 2026 |
| Regular Decision | January 4, 2027 |
A college can move a date mid-cycle. Confirm on University of Notre Dame’s own page before you rely on one. Every round for every college is on the deadlines page.
What University of Notre Dame reports about admissions
University of Notre Dame admits 11.3% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1455-1560 on the SAT and 33-35 on the ACT.
From the federal College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-17. Score figures describe enrolled students, not applicants and not admits, and they are not a cutoff. No admission probability is stated anywhere on this site, because colleges do not publish admit rates conditional on a score, so any single percentage would be invented. The free chance me tool sorts a list into reaches, targets and likelies and gives no percentage either.
What University of Notre Dame actually costs a family after grant aid, income band by income band, is on the University of Notre Dame cost page.
Questions
- How many essays does University of Notre Dame require?
- University of Notre Dame prints five supplemental prompts for 2026-27 and asks every applicant to write three of them, capped at 150 words and 50-100 words. Each prompt is printed word for word on this page and on the University of Notre Dame requirements page, with the date it was last read on University of Notre Dame's own admissions site.
- What is the word limit on the University of Notre Dame essays?
- The limits run from 100 words to 150 words across the 5 prompts every University of Notre Dame applicant meets. Each prompt's own cap is printed beside it above, taken from University of Notre Dame's own admissions page. A range such as 150 to 250 words is counted at its upper number.
- Is the review written against the University of Notre Dame prompts or against a general checklist?
- Against the prompt you pick. You choose which University of Notre Dame prompt the draft answers before the read starts, and the report judges whether the essay answers that prompt's distinct asks, each one separately, before it forms any opinion of the writing. A well-made essay aimed near the prompt is the most common fatal miss in a paid draft, so prompt fit is judged first rather than last.
- When is the University of Notre Dame application deadline?
- The first deadline is Restrictive Early Action on November 1, 2026. University of Notre Dame publishes 3 rounds for 2026-27: Restrictive Early Action on November 1, 2026, Early Action on November 1, 2026, Regular Decision on January 4, 2027. Dates come from University of Notre Dame's own admissions site, read on 2026-08-30, and a college can move a date mid-cycle, so confirm on University of Notre Dame's own page before you rely on it.
- How much does an essay review for University of Notre Dame cost?
- $49 for one essay, $199 for a pack of 10, or $299 for a pack of 20, which is about $15 an essay. Every essay includes one free re-read of the revised draft and nothing expires. You see your report in redacted form, with the first fix and the line a reader kept, before you decide whether to pay.
- Is NudgeEssay connected to University of Notre Dame?
- No. NudgeEssay has no relationship with University of Notre Dame or with any other college, is not endorsed by University of Notre Dame, and does not predict, influence or guarantee any admissions decision. The University of Notre Dame prompts and deadlines on this page were read from University of Notre Dame's own public admissions pages and are linked to their source. The review is a reading of your writing, nothing more.