University at BuffaloAI Policy for Admissions
- PermissionCan you use AI?No explicit policy
- DisclosureMust you disclose AI use?No disclosure required
- ComplianceHow is it verified?No compliance stated
Generally safe
- Use AI tools only for general research or brainstorming ideas, never for drafting or polishing actual submission content.
- If applying to the School of Management MBA, follow the application portal instructions carefully and assume your personal statement should reflect your authentic voice without AI involvement.
- For most UB undergraduate and graduate programs (outside Honors College and Law), no explicit AI ban exists — but treat your application materials as strictly your own original work to be safe.
Things to Avoid
- Do not use any generative AI tools — including ChatGPT or similar platforms — to write, edit, or refine any part of your application if applying to the UB University Honors College; violations can result in outright rejection.
- If applying to the UB School of Law, avoid using AI in any capacity to produce or improve personal statements or other required application materials.
- Do not assume that UB's BullsAI platform (launched for academic use) creates any allowance for AI in admissions essays — these are entirely separate contexts.
- Verified Feb 2026
“No AI-specific admissions essay policy found on main undergraduate or graduate admissions websites”
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University Honors College
P4 • AI use prohibitedD3 • Must attest no AI usedC2 • Uses screening tools“Any use of generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, etc.) for any student-submitted application materials is strictly prohibited”
View SourceApplies to: application materials, essay responses
School of Law
P4 • AI use prohibitedD3 • Must attest no AI usedC0 • No compliance stated“The use of AI tools to draft, edit, or generate any portion of your personal statement or other application materials is prohibited”
View SourceApplies to: personal statement, application materials
- https://www.buffalo.edu/admissions/apply.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/admissions/apply/first-year.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/admissions/first-year.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/admissions/apply/transfer.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/grad/explore/admissions.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/honors/admissions/apply.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/honors/application/buffalo.html
- https://www.law.buffalo.edu/admissions/apply-to-law-school.html
- https://www.buffalo.edu/academic-integrity/about/artificial-intelligence.html
- https://www.law.buffalo.edu/blog/2025-law-admissions-trends.html
Law applicants are also subject to LSAC CAS platform-level AI guidance, which sets a baseline that individual law schools — including UB Law — can and do build upon with stricter rules.
UB has no centralized AI policy for admissions essays — the main undergraduate and graduate admissions pages are entirely silent on the issue (P0/D0/C0).
The School of Management MBA program has no documented AI stance, but applicants should default to treating materials as AI-free given the absence of explicit permission.
UB has no university-wide AI policy for admissions essays. The main undergraduate and graduate admissions pages are silent on AI use in application materials. However, two specific programs have explicit (P4) prohibitions: (1) The University Honors College strictly prohibits any generative AI use in application materials, uses AI/plagiarism detection tools, and bars violators from admission; (2) The School of Law prohibits AI tools for drafting, editing, or generating personal statements or other application materials. The general academic integrity office defers AI decisions to individual instructors for coursework but does not address admissions. UB launched BullsAI (its own ChatGPT-like platform) in late 2025 for academic use but this does not affect admissions policy.
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