What the Prompt Coverage Check Checks
This rubric looks at whether your draft covers every required part of the prompt, supports each answer with specific material from your experience, and gives most of its space to the work the prompt asks for. It matters because a strong story or example can still miss the assignment if a required question goes unanswered or is left thin.
What We Check
Whether the draft answers every job in the exact required prompt.
Whether each prompt answer has a bounded fact, action, example, observation, exchange, or reason and whether the draft states how that support bears on the answer.
Whether setup, repetition, optional guidance, or unrelated material crowds out the prompt's required work.
Mistakes We Flag
- Answering only the easiest part
- A draft may fully answer one required question while leaving another required part out. Make sure each required request has a clear, easy-to-find answer.
- Naming a topic without answering it
- Mentioning the prompt’s subject is not the same as stating your own answer. Readers need to see what you think, chose, learned, or did in response to the question.
- Using broad traits without evidence
- Saying you are resilient or value community does not show why that answer is true. Connect the answer to a specific action, choice, observation, exchange, or reason from your experience.
- Listing activities without clear links
- A list of experiences can leave readers unsure what each item is meant to show. Explain which prompt answer an activity supports and how it supports it.
- Spending too much space on setup or repetition
- Long introductions, repeated lessons, optional guidance, or unrelated material can crowd out required answers. Keep background only when it helps a reader understand an answer or example.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to provide the exact prompt?
Yes. This review needs the exact required question or instruction placed above the draft in a line beginning with "Prompt:". Without it, the review cannot determine what the essay must answer.
Do optional examples or brainstorming questions in the prompt have to be answered?
No. Optional guidance, examples, and suggestions do not create required parts of the essay.
Can one sentence answer more than one required part?
Yes. One sentence can cover more than one required request if it clearly states each answer.
Do I need a conclusion or a direct answer in the first sentence?
Not unless the exact prompt asks for one. Your answer does not have to appear in a particular sentence or paragraph position.
Review this one dimension of your own essay closely. Free lens feedback uses your draft as written and does not predict an admissions decision.