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Essay Rubrics

Each rubric is built for one application and calibrated for consistent scoring. Every rubric page shows what the review checks and the sources it's built from.

253 rubrics · 21 application types

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Common App

Undergraduate personal essays for the Common Application

16 rubrics

University of California

Personal Insight Questions for first-year UC applicants

6 rubrics

US College Transfer

Transfer reasons and goals, including the required UC major-preparation response

2 rubrics

UK Undergraduate (UCAS)

The UCAS personal statement — one three-question statement for all five choices

6 rubrics

Graduate (MS/MA)

Statements of purpose and motivation letters for master's programs

52 rubrics

PhD

Research proposals and statements for doctoral programs

28 rubrics

Medical

Personal statements for MD, DO, and PA programs

35 rubrics

Residency

Residency and advanced-training writing for ERAS, ADEA PASS and PhORCAS pharmacy applications

8 rubrics

Pharmacy (PharmD)

Shared PharmCAS personal statements for first-professional PharmD admission

1 rubric

Occupational Therapy

Shared OTCAS personal statements for entry-level occupational therapy master’s and doctoral programs

1 rubric

Psychology Internship (AAPI)

AAPI essays and site-specific cover letters for doctoral psychology internships

2 rubrics

Veterinary

VMCAS veterinary-school statements and VIRMP internship and residency statements

2 rubrics

Physical Therapy

PTCAS essays for applicants to DPT programs

1 rubric

Nursing

Application essays and short-answer sets for nursing and advanced-practice programs

5 rubrics

MBA

Business school essays, career goals, and leadership statements

25 rubrics

Law

Personal statements, perspective statements, and addenda for law school

12 rubrics

Scholarships & Fellowships

Essays for merit, need-based, and research fellowships

11 rubrics

Immigration & Visas

Personal statements for visa and immigration applications

11 rubrics

Canadian Undergraduate

Personal profiles and supplemental writing for Canadian undergraduate applications

1 rubric

Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation for graduate, medical, and professional programs

12 rubrics

College Supplemental Essays

School-specific supplemental essays and short answers for undergraduate college applications

3 rubrics

Lenses

Single-topic opinionated reads that work with any rubric above.

Undergraduate Lenses

Single-topic rereads

Focused single-topic reads for any undergraduate essay — run one lens after another on the same draft

6 rubrics

MS/PhD Lenses

Single-topic rereads

Focused single-topic reads for any graduate statement of purpose — run one lens after another on the same draft

4 rubrics

Program partners

Rubrics built for a partner program's own students, not for an admissions application.

Inspirit AI

Designed for Inspirit AI

Research writing checks designed for Inspirit AI students — proposal, milestone, and final paper

3 rubrics
How these rubrics were built

All rubrics

Every published rubric, grouped by application.

Common App

University of California

US College Transfer

UK Undergraduate (UCAS)

Graduate (MS/MA)

PhD

Medical

Residency

Pharmacy (PharmD)

Occupational Therapy

Psychology Internship (AAPI)

Veterinary

Physical Therapy

Nursing

MBA

Law

Scholarships & Fellowships

Immigration & Visas

Canadian Undergraduate

Letters of Recommendation

College Supplemental Essays

Undergraduate Lenses

MS/PhD Lenses

Inspirit AI

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