Essay Grader
Get clear feedback on your essay’s structure, clarity, storytelling, authenticity, and impact before you submit.
4.9/5 from 4268 students
The college counselor you deserve
Plan, write, and apply. All in one place
Built by Yale graduatesYour whole application, in one place
Manage deadlines, write better essays, strengthen your profile, find scholarships, and apply with confidence.—all from one workspace.
Everything you need to build a stronger application
From your college list to your essays, Unive helps you figure out what to do next — and how to make every part of your application stronger.
Scholarship Matches
AI-powered matching finds scholarships you’re eligible for based on your profile, goals, background, and application data.
Profile Evaluator
See how your academics, activities, essays, and overall profile might come across to admissions officers.
Application Roadmap
Know what to do next with a personalized plan for deadlines, essays, recommendations, documents, and tasks.
Essay Brainstorming
Find personal essay ideas based on your story, activities, values, and goals — so you never start from a blank page.
College Matching
Build a smarter college list with reach, target, and safety schools matched to your profile and goals.
How we compare
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Admissions Tutors
Cost-effective
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AI/plagiarism-safe
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Trained on successful top-school applications
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Personalized application strategy
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Access to human mentors
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Holistic application evaluation
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In-depth essay feedback
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Scholarship matching
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Interview preparation
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Available 24/7
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Students who prepared
smarter and got admitted
Unive Class of 2029 got into all eight Ivy Leagues, Oxbridge, and hundreds of other universities.
Emily J.
Between school, sports and everything else, I was really burnt out. This tool helped me work smarter.
Nov 10, 2025US
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Rick Osrin
Nothing better out there. I challenge you to find some better tool than Unive. Everything else is just feedback and idea generation, very basic and high level. This tool will kill admissions consulting.
Oct 26, 2025US
Tytus Kenison
Getting better everyday, excited for what's next I'm one of the early adopters and have seen the platform progress - what a pace!
Nov 10, 2025US
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Will Leitzinger
Not much more to say - try it for yourself.
Nov 13, 2025US
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Susan Jesudeson
Love seeing all the improvements every week. Joined early and each update just gets better – can’t wait to see where this goes!
Oct 19, 2025US
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James K.
Finally feel organized. Deadlines, essays, and my college list all live in one place instead of ten different spreadsheets.
Nov 2, 2025US
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Monica M. Gomez
My daughter used Unive for essays and interview prep. I honestly didn’t expect much, but the results were impressive.
Sep 5, 2025US
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Cameryn Taylor
Perfect for a final review. I’ve already written all my apps, but used Unive to check everything. It provided good feedback on all my writing, flagged a few things I missed or that looked off, and, I’d say, improved the overall quality of the application
Sep 5, 2025US
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Angela P.
We tried using ChatGPT to get started, but it got repetitive and unhelpful fast. Unive’s tools are focused, smart, and feel like they were designed by people who actually went through the process. Because they were.
July 21, 2025US
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David
Working on my apps ahead of time over summer and cutting through the essays like butter - not possible with any other app.
July 10, 2025US
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Marcus T.
Used it all senior fall. Got into three of my top five schools and the roadmap genuinely kept me from falling behind.
Sep 18, 2025US
Olivia Myers
Thanks for making my life so much easier
Oct 24, 2025US
Olivia G.
We were blown away that Unive includes 1-on-1 sessions with mentors from top schools. My daughter spoke to a Columbia grad who gave her honest feedback on her essay and helped her position her extracurriculars. Worth every cent.
Sep 4, 2025US
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Tim Locklin
Great tutor at an affordable rate. Connected with James - the mentor from MIT - over the platform and he gave me a lot of insights on what working in aerospace engineering is like in practice, reviewed my essays (some great tips there), helped me practice for my alumni interview, and suggested a few exciting internship opportunities that I could pursue even as a high schooler. Already applied 😉 Thanks James - the MVP!!
Oct 26, 2025US
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Hannah R.
My school counselor is great but overloaded. Unive filled in the gaps whenever I had questions at 11pm.
Aug 14, 2025US
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Daniel C.
Scholarship matching alone saved us hours. Found awards we never would have searched for on our own.
Sep 22, 2025US
Sarah M.8h
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