M7 admits · 2024–26 cycles
The essay critique built from the rubric they actually use.
Former HBS, GSB, Wharton, Booth and Kellogg admissions officers reconstructed their scoring rubrics. We trained the model on them. You get the score in 90 seconds.
Bespoke rubrics for 12 top programs. Any other MBA school, our general rubric — same critique, same $79.
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used a draft critiqued here. ★★★★★ 4.94 · 2,103 reviews
Critique · HBS · Essay 1 · v3
SCORED 87 / 100
"In my third year at McKinsey, I led a team of six analysts across three continents. We delivered $40M in synergies for a Fortune 50 telecom client..."
Distinctiveness · -12
"$40M in synergies" reads like a deck slide. HBS wants the moment of judgment, not the dollar figure. Try the conversation where you pushed back on the senior partner.
LEAD
31/35
REFL
22/25
DIST
13/25
VOICE
14/15
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The school picker
Open any school. Read its rubric. That's what we grade against.
13 schools
HBS · Essay 1 · 900 words
"What more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy?"
Last updated: Mar 2026
Scoring axes
Our algorithm scans for
- ✓Specific, measurable leadership moments — not titles
- ✓Evidence of genuine introspection vs. humble-brag
- ✓Stories that don't appear elsewhere in your file
- ✓Concrete prose, no consultant-speak ('synergies', 'drove')
- ✗CV paraphrasing (instant -20 on Distinctiveness)
What you'll actually get
A score, a verdict, and the three fixes that matter.
Not a compliment. Not a rewrite of your whole essay. A scored, paragraph-by-paragraph critique you can act on in one sitting.
HBS sample · Overall
73/100
Verdict: Borderline
Everything in the box
Eleven features. One critique.
Most tools give you a score. We hand you a full strategic dossier on the essay — built from the rubrics adcoms actually use.
The core deliverable
Scored against the actual rubric — not vibes.
Former admissions officers reconstructed the rubric each school uses internally. Your essay gets a 0–10 score on every axis plus an overall /100 — so you know exactly which dimension is dragging the rest down.
AdCom room dialogue
A 3-voice transcript: the advocate, the skeptic, the chair.
Cohort percentile
Your score plotted against the distribution of admitted essays for that school.
Confidence interval
Every score ships with a confidence interval, not a fake-precise single number.
Cliché scanner
Flags clichés and offers school-specific rewrites — not generic synonyms.
Naturalness check
A 0–100 naturalness score flags sentences that read as AI-generated.
Top 3 fixes
Not a wish list — the three edits that will move your number the most.
v1 → v2 compare
Side-by-side diff with per-axis deltas between any two drafts.
Story Bank
Brain-dump once. Get an atomized library of scored stories you can deploy per prompt.
See every feature
Full breakdown, screenshots, plan matrix
"I came in expecting AI slop. I left $79 lighter and got into MIT."
The honest comparison
Where we win. Where we don't.
| MBA Essay Critic | Human consultant | ChatGPT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | Under 2 minutes | 3 to 7 days | Instant |
| Cost per essay | $79 | $300–500 / hr | Free |
| Per-school rubric | 12 bespoke + any other MBA | Depends on coach | None |
| Rubric consistency | Same every time | Varies | Varies |
| Strategic positioning | Limited | Strong | Weak |
| Available at 2am | Yes | No | Yes |
Built by
Four former M7 admissions officers. 11,000+ essays read between them.
Dr. Elena Park
ex-HBS AdCom
4,800 essays
Marcus Hill
ex-Stanford GSB AO
3,100 essays
Priya Raghavan
ex-Wharton AO
2,400 essays
James O'Connor
ex-Booth + Kellogg AO
1,200 essays
Reviews
What people said after the score came back.
Names and photos are anonymized at the reviewer's request. Text is unedited.
"It flagged the exact paragraph my coach said was 'fine'."
I'd paid $4,200 for a package with a name-brand consultant. He told me my HBS essay was 'strong, just tighten it.' This thing scored my second paragraph 11/25 on Distinctiveness and told me — in one sentence — that my $40M synergy line read like a deck slide. He was right. I rewrote that paragraph and got the interview.
"The rubric matched word-for-word what my interviewer asked about."
I'd applied twice before with a coach. Reapplied this round and used this instead. The 'self-awareness' axis it dinged me on in November was almost verbatim what my Stanford interviewer pushed me on in February. Whoever built this actually sat on an AdCom.
"Went from a 61 to an 84 in four drafts."
First run: 61, verdict 'unlikely.' I almost closed the tab. Instead I did exactly what it said — cut the childhood anecdote, lead with the conflict, name the stakes in paragraph one. Fourth draft scored 84. Interview invite three weeks later.
Pricing
From $79. No subscription traps.
One essay, one cycle, or the premium tier with AI mock interviews. Anchored against $2,500–5,000 for a typical human engagement.
Our guarantee
If our critique doesn't sharpen your essay, we refund every dollar within 30 days.
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