Colleges With No Supplemental Essays (2026-2027)
These schools require only the Common App personal statement, with no school-specific supplemental essays for the 2026-2027 cycle. Verified against each school's admissions materials by AlphaApply.ai.
What "no supplemental essays" means
A school on this list does not add its own essay questions to the Common App. You still write the 650-word personal statement, and most of these schools weigh it heavily because it is the only writing they see. Three things can still add an essay: honors colleges and scholarship programs usually have their own prompt, a few majors like nursing, architecture, and music ask for a statement or portfolio, and some schools offer an optional "additional information" box. Check the school's page below for those exceptions before you assume the application is short.
Because these applications take an hour instead of a weekend, they are the easiest way to add safeties and targets to a list late in the fall. The deadlines still matter: several on this list close scholarship consideration in November or December even when the admission deadline runs into spring, so use the dates below rather than the final one on the school's site.
No supplemental essays (25 schools)
| College | Regular Decision | Accept rate |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | January 6, 2027 | 14% |
| Ohio State | January 15, 2027 | 61% |
| University of Maryland | January 20, 2027 | 45% |
| UGA | January 1, 2027 | 38% |
| University of Miami | January 5, 2027 | 19% |
| Michigan State | April 1, 2027 | 85% |
| Tulane | January 15, 2027 | 14% |
| WPI | February 1, 2027 | 60% |
| UNH | February 1, 2027 | 88% |
| SDSU | November 30, 2026 | 36% |
| UVM | January 15, 2027 | 65% |
| Pitt | — | 58% |
| Auburn | February 1, 2027 | 46% |
| Texas Tech | — | 73% |
| University of Iowa | February 1, 2027 | 84% |
| Temple | February 1, 2027 | 80% |
| Tennessee | January 5, 2027 | 42% |
| Kentucky | February 15, 2027 | 93% |
| University of Arizona | Rolling (space-available after November 1, 2026) | 86% |
| LSU | February 1, 2027 | 73% |
| TCU | February 1, 2027 | 44% |
| University of Houston | June 2, 2027 | 74% |
| South Carolina | December 1, 2026 | 60% |
| Colorado State | January 15, 2027 | 89% |
| Cal State LA | November 30, 2026 | 91% |
Only one supplemental prompt (18 schools)
| College | Regular Decision | Accept rate |
|---|---|---|
| Williams | January 5, 2027 | 8% |
| Hamilton College | January 4, 2027 | 14% |
| Vanderbilt | January 1, 2027 | 6% |
| UNC Chapel Hill | January 15, 2027 | 15% |
| UVA | January 5, 2027 | 17% |
| NYU | January 5, 2027 | 9% |
| UW Madison | January 15, 2027 | 45% |
| Boston College | January 4, 2027 | 16% |
| Rutgers | December 1, 2026 | 58% |
| Northeastern | January 1, 2027 | 5% |
| FSU | December 1, 2026 | 24% |
| Villanova | January 15, 2027 | 27% |
| Indiana University | February 1, 2027 | 78% |
| CU Boulder | January 15, 2027 | 78% |
| Fordham | January 3, 2027 | 59% |
| ASU | Rolling (final: July 27, 2027) | 90% |
| Baylor | February 1, 2027 | 51% |
| UCCS | May 1, 2027 | 97% |
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