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College Essay Grader provides you with detailed feedback on your college essay, to make it stand out to admission officers.
College Essay Grader is powered by insights from successful applications at top colleges.
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College Essay Grader makes your essay stronger, one step at a time.
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- Get six clear scores
- See what's strong and what needs work
- Understand how your essay comes across
Line-by-line feedback
- Get notes on specific sentences
- Spot unclear or generic wording
- See how to make each line stronger
Everything changed that day. I started raising my hand again — first in chemistry, then everywhere.
Show the first moment you raised your hand.
Get a detailed action plan
- Start with the most important edits
- Follow clear steps for your next draft
- Keep your own voice as you revise
- Turn paragraph 3 into one clear scene
- Remove the opening quote
- Explain what you would do differently now
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- Compare your essay with datasets of successful applications to elite colleges
- See how your essay aligns with strengths in those applications
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- 1 essay, graded twice (draft + revision)
- Six-part Essay Profile score
- Margin notes on your exact sentences
- Overall feedback + your top revision step
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- Every essay: Common App, UC, Coalition, supplementals
- Up to 30 gradings a month
- The Hard Truth — an admissions reader's candid take
- Full revision plan + draft-over-draft progress
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- Every essay: Common App, UC, Coalition, supplementals
- Unlimited gradings
- The Hard Truth — an admissions reader's candid take
- Full revision plan + draft-over-draft progress
- Cancel anytime
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