For Common App and supplemental essays
AI College Essay Grader
Paste your college application essay and get a score from 1 to 10, plus specific feedback on your hook, structure, voice, specificity and grammar.
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- About a minute
Grading the sample essay uses a review, the same as grading your own.
What you get back
An illustrative report for a made-up essay, shown exactly the way yours will look.
Illustrative example · made-up essay
Graded as Common App personal statement
A real story with a strong middle; the opening and the ending are holding it back.
Score by area
Strongest line
By March I had filled the notebook and could tell how a batch was doing by the smell alone.
It shows months of attention in one sentence, instead of claiming hard work.
Weakest line
In the end, hard work always pays off.
It is a moral anyone could write, so end on the notebooks you keep now instead.
Fix these first
- Cut the dictionary line and open on the 4 a.m. shift.
- Replace the last line with what the notebooks let you do now.
- Merge the two closing paragraphs into one.
Notes on each area
Hook
5/10Opening with a dictionary definition delays the story. Start at 4 a.m. in the bakery.
Structure
7/10The burnt batch, the notebook and the customer give a clear arc. The last two paragraphs repeat each other; keep one.
Voice
8/10The dry detail about carrying black trays past the line sounds like a real person.
Specificity
9/10"thirty degrees hot on the left side" and "two hundred of them" are details readers remember.
Grammar and style
8/10"Every Saturday of junior year" is clean. Change "the entire first batch" to "the first batch" and "in order to" to "to".
How it works
Three steps between one draft and a better one.
Paste your essay
Add the prompt if there is one, then paste your draft. Personal statements, supplementals and scholarship essays all work.
Get a score and notes
A score from 1 to 10 and specific notes on what is working and what is holding the essay back.
Revise and check again
Make the changes in your own words, then grade the new draft to see whether it improved.
What the grader looks at
Five things admissions readers often look for.
- Hook
- Does the first line make an admissions reader want to keep going?
- Structure
- Is there a clear arc, and does each paragraph earn its place?
- Voice
- Does it sound like you, and does it show who you are beyond your resume?
- Specificity
- Real moments and details instead of general claims anyone could make.
- Grammar and style
- The errors and wordy sentences worth fixing, with a corrected version of up to three short phrases.
Pay per review, not per month
After your free review, buy a pack of reviews when you need more. No subscription, and each pack lasts a year.
See review packsFrequently asked questions
Will it rewrite my essay?
No. It tells you what to change and why, and the essay stays yours. It suggests fixes rather than rewriting, apart from a corrected version of up to three short phrases with grammar or wording problems.
Is the score what a college would give me?
No. Colleges do not see or use this score. It is a quick way to see whether a revision got better.
Who sees my essay?
Your essay is sent to our AI provider to be graded. We do not publish it, save it, or use it to train anything. Details are in the privacy policy. Privacy policy
Is there a free college essay grader?
Yes. Your first essay review is free when you sign in (one per account), so you can see the score and notes before you decide whether to buy more.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT to grade my essay?
Every draft is graded against the same five-part rubric, which makes drafts easier to compare. The score is an AI estimate and can vary a little between runs of the same draft. It gives feedback and does not offer to rewrite your essay.
What does it cost?
Your first essay review is free when you sign in. After that you buy a pack of reviews, listed on the pricing page. See pricing
Ready for a second read?
Paste your draft and get specific notes in about a minute.