UNC-Chapel Hill Drops AI Grammar Scores From Admissions

Oct 29, 2026
UNC-Chapel Hill dropped AI grammar scores for admissions essays after applicants’ own AI use pushed scores so high they stopped meaning anything.

UNC-Chapel Hill will stop using an AI tool to rate the grammar and writing quality of admissions essays, the News & Observer reported. The Daily Tar Heel first reported the change.

Admissions reviewers had used Slate's Reader AI tool to give each essay a score. A university spokesperson said scores "increasingly skewed higher" as more applicants used AI writing tools, so the rating no longer separated one applicant from another.

"We want to ensure that students are considered for the substance of what they share," said Jared Rosenberg, director of undergraduate admissions. The office faced pushback when it started using AI in reviews last year, according to education professor Daniel Klasik, who said applicants "want to know that a person is reading their story."

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