Free essay editor
Free college essay review.
Pick your prompt, write or paste your essay, and in about a minute get a score with comments on the exact lines to fix. No sign-up, and your words stay yours.
Free, no sign-up, 3 reviews a day. The coach points and asks; it never rewrites your words.
How the review works.
- Pick the promptCommon App, Coalition, UC, ApplyTexas, UCAS, or a college’s own supplement. The coach reads your essay against that exact question and its word limit.
- Get comments on your linesEach comment sits on a real sentence: where you tell instead of show, where a detail is missing, what to cut, and which lines to keep.
- Revise and review againComments stay pinned while you edit and mark themselves changed. Your new score shows next to the old one.
The score uses five parts worth 20 points each: story and focus, specific details, sounding like you, reflection, and writing. Most first drafts land between 55 and 70.
Every essay prompt, in one place.
The application-wide prompts for this cycle, word for word from each application, plus supplements for 1,135 colleges inside the editor. Click one to start writing, or see every college’s supplemental essays on one page.
Common App7 prompts · Pick one prompt.
- Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. (250–650 words)
- The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? (250–650 words)
- Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome? (250–650 words)
- Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you? (250–650 words)
- Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others. (250–650 words)
- Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more? (250–650 words)
- Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you’ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design. (250–650 words)
Source: commonapp.org
Coalition App6 prompts · Pick one prompt.
- Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it. (500–650 words)
- What interests or excites you? How does it shape who you are now or who you might become in the future? (500–650 words)
- Describe a time when you had a positive impact on others. What were the challenges? What were the rewards? (500–650 words)
- Has there been a time when an idea or belief of yours was questioned? How did you respond? What did you learn? (500–650 words)
- What success have you achieved or obstacle have you faced? What advice would you give a sibling or friend going through a similar experience? (500–650 words)
- Submit an essay on a topic of your choice. (500–650 words)
Source: coalitionforcollegeaccess.org
UC App8 prompts · Answer 4 of the 8.
- Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (Up to 350 words)
- Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side. (Up to 350 words)
- What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time? (Up to 350 words)
- Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced. (Up to 350 words)
- Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? (Up to 350 words)
- Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom. (Up to 350 words)
- What have you done to make your school or your community a better place? (Up to 350 words)
- Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California? (Up to 350 words)
UC App (transfer)8 prompts · Answer the required question and 3 of the other 7.
- Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university. (Up to 350 words)
- Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. (Up to 350 words)
- Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side. (Up to 350 words)
- What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time? (Up to 350 words)
- Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced. (Up to 350 words)
- Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? (Up to 350 words)
- What have you done to make your school or your community a better place? (Up to 350 words)
- Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California? (Up to 350 words)
ApplyTexas3 prompts · Each college says which topics it wants.
- Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today? (Up to 700 words)
- Most students have an identity, an interest, or a talent that defines them in an essential way. Tell us about yourself. (Up to 700 words)
- You’ve got a ticket in your hand. Where will you go? What will you do? What will happen when you get there? (Up to 700 words)
Source: applytexas.org
UCAS3 prompts · Answer all three. 350 characters minimum each, 4,000 in total.
- Why do you want to study this course or subject? (350–4,000 characters)
- How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject? (350–4,000 characters)
- What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful? (350–4,000 characters)
Source: ucas.com
Questions.
Is it free?
Yes. You get three reviews a day with no account and no card, shared with the essay grader.
How long does a review take?
About a minute. Long essays can take a little longer.
Can ChatGPT review my college essay?
It can comment, but a general chatbot doesn’t know your exact prompt or word limit unless you give them, and it tends to rewrite your sentences for you. Putting AI-written sentences in your essay can break the Common App’s rules. This editor reads your essay against the exact prompt, scores five parts and points to the lines to fix without rewriting them.
Is it OK to use an AI essay review?
The Common App’s fraud policy is about submitting AI-written content as your own work. Getting comments and then writing every word yourself is different, but some colleges set stricter rules, so check each college’s policy. When a college limits AI use, the editor shows that college’s rule when you pick it.
Which prompts does it have?
All seven Common App prompts, the six Coalition prompts, all eight UC personal insight questions plus the transfer set, the three ApplyTexas topics, the three UCAS questions, and school supplements by college. For anything else, like a scholarship, paste the prompt yourself.
Do you save my essay?
No. Your drafts are saved in your own browser so you can come back to them. When you ask for a review, the essay goes to our AI provider to be read and isn’t kept by us. We keep only the score and the word count, with no name attached.
Will it write or rewrite my essay?
No. It highlights lines, explains what a reader experiences there, and asks the questions a good editor would. The words stay yours, which is what colleges and the Common App require.
What happens to the comments when I edit?
Highlights stay pinned to their lines while you type. When you rewrite a line, its comment is marked as changed. Review again to see your new score next to the old one.
Does a high score mean I’ll get in?
No. The score measures the writing. Colleges decide on your whole application: grades, courses, activities, recommendations and essays.
How is this different from a mentor?
A mentor reads every draft with you, knows your whole application and checks in every week until it’s done. That’s what Clarity Prep members get.