The college essay grader that shows you what to fix.
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How the college essay grader works
Choose a rubric and paste your essay. Start with a free Quick Review, or get a Full Review with scores, suggestions and AI detection.
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Pangram's detection results feed into your Full Review. See flagged passages alongside rubric scores and suggestions.
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Scores for structure, clarity and voice.
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Fit to the prompt
See how well your essay addresses the rubric—and what needs more attention.
Writing a personal statement for medical school, law, graduate school or a PhD instead? The personal statement grader scores it against that application's published rubric. Working on the Common App essay itself? Start at the Common App essay grader. Reviewing a letter of recommendation? We have rubrics for that, too.
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Meet the word limit
Find cuts at the word, sentence and paragraph level, guided by your review. See why each cut is suggested and how many words it saves.
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Words & phrases
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Sentences
Echoed idea · Wordy transition
Paragraphs
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Admissions rules on AI vary widely. See where your target school stands before you submit.
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