An admissions-style read of your college essay.
Paste your Common App essay and get an honest, dimension-by-dimension critique, the kind a sharp admissions reader would give. We score and coach. We never rewrite a single word.
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The Essay Analyzer
Paste your essay, pick your prompt, and get an admissions-style scorecard: seven dimensions scored 1-10, your top three priority fixes, the strengths worth protecting, and a cliché check.
Free tools
No account, no API cost to you, and each one funnels into the full read.
Word counter
Live count against the 650 limit, plus paragraphs, reading time, and sentence variety.
Prompt-fit checker
One-click score for how well your essay answers the prompt you picked.
Cliché checker
Instantly scan for the tropes admissions readers see a thousand times.
Admissions calculator
Estimate your academic chances from your GPA and SAT or ACT, by school tier.
Guides
Honest, specific advice on each Common App prompt and the 650-word limit.
Prompt 1, Background & identity
The “so meaningful your application would be incomplete without it” prompt.
Prompt 2, Challenge & failure
The setback prompt, where the lesson matters more than the loss.
Prompt 3, Challenging a belief
The prompt about questioning an idea, and what came of it.
Prompt 4, Gratitude
Something someone did for you, and what it set in motion.
Prompt 5, Growth & realization
The accomplishment-or-realization prompt, growth is the point.
Prompt 6, A captivating idea
The “lose all track of time” prompt, pure intellectual curiosity.
Prompt 7, Topic of your choice
Total freedom, which is exactly why it's the hardest one.
The 650-word limit
Is 650 a hard cap? What's the real minimum? How to cut well.
Ready when you are.
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