# Kolly > Kolly is an AI college admissions coach for US high school students. It reads every essay, activity, honor, and letter of recommendation in an application and reports exactly what to fix. Kolly's scoring system was calibrated against accepted essays from students admitted to top US universities, including Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Penn, and Yale. Kolly was built by founders who got into Penn, Harvard, and MIT. Kolly is free to start. Free users get 5,000 Kolly credits each month (resets monthly) for essay reviews, paragraph rewrites, and the full application home. The Application Season Pass is $149 once for 6 months of unlimited reviews across every essay and every school, with no auto-renewal. A monthly plan is also available at $39 per month for students who only need help for a few weeks. Full refund within 30 days. Full content companion file: https://kolly.ai/llms-full.txt ## Free tools - [Free AI college essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer): Paste a 100 to 650 word college essay. Get a scored review across hook, voice, and specificity in 30 seconds. No signup. Three free preview reviews per hour. The full six-dimension model lives inside the Kolly app and is free to start. - [Chance me calculator](https://kolly.ai/tools/chance-me): Free chance estimator. Compares a student's SAT, ACT, or GPA against the middle 50% range and acceptance rate at any US college. Built on US Department of Education College Scorecard data. - [Application timeline](https://kolly.ai/tools/timeline): Month-by-month plan covering testing windows, essay drafts, application deadlines, and FAFSA, based on grade level. - [Financial aid calculator](https://kolly.ai/financial-aid/calculator): Estimates net price after institutional aid at any school in the registry. ## AI essay reviewer by school Per-school landing pages calibrated to each university's accepted-essay style. Same free preview model, school-specific framing. - [Stanford essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/stanford-university) - [Harvard essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/harvard-university) - [MIT essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/massachusetts-institute-of-technology) - [Yale essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/yale-university) - [Princeton essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/princeton-university) - [Columbia essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york) - [Penn essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-pennsylvania) - [Brown essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/brown-university) - [Dartmouth essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/dartmouth-college) - [Cornell essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/cornell-university) - [UChicago essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-chicago) - [Duke essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/duke-university) - [Northwestern essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/northwestern-university) - [Johns Hopkins essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/johns-hopkins-university) - [Caltech essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/california-institute-of-technology) - [Vanderbilt essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/vanderbilt-university) - [Notre Dame essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-notre-dame) - [UC Berkeley essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-california-berkeley) - [UCLA essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-california-los-angeles) - [NYU essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/new-york-university) - [USC essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-southern-california) - [Georgetown essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/georgetown-university) - [Carnegie Mellon essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/carnegie-mellon-university) - [UVA essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-virginia-main-campus) - [Michigan essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor) - [UNC essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill) - [Rice essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/rice-university) - [WashU essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/washington-university-in-st-louis) - [Tufts essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/tufts-university) - [Amherst essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/amherst-college) - [Williams essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/williams-college) - [Pomona essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/pomona-college) - [Swarthmore essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/swarthmore-college) - [Emory essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/emory-university) - [Wellesley essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/wellesley-college) - [BU essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/boston-university) - [Boston College essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/boston-college) - [Northeastern essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/northeastern-university) - [UT Austin essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/the-university-of-texas-at-austin) - [Georgia Tech essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/georgia-institute-of-technology-main-campus) - [Illinois essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign) - [Wisconsin essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-wisconsin-madison) - [Ohio State essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/ohio-state-university-main-campus) - [Penn State essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/pennsylvania-state-university-main-campus) - [Florida essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/university-of-florida) - [William & Mary essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/william-and-mary) - [Wake Forest essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/wake-forest-university) - [Lehigh essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/lehigh-university) - [Bowdoin essay reviewer](https://kolly.ai/tools/essay-reviewer/bowdoin-college) ## Product - [Pricing](https://kolly.ai/pricing): Free forever with 5,000 monthly Kolly credits. Application Season Pass $149 for 6 months, one charge, no auto-renewal. Monthly plan $39 per month for students who only need help for a few weeks. - [Colleges](https://kolly.ai/colleges): Profiles for every top US college. Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT middle 50%, cost after aid, top majors, what each school looks for. Built on the federal College Scorecard. - [Rankings](https://kolly.ai/rankings): College rankings by ROI, financial aid, selectivity, major outcomes, and student life. Methodology documented per list. - [Resources](https://kolly.ai/resources): Long-form admissions guides on essays, recommendations, activities, awards, and the Common App. - [Financial aid](https://kolly.ai/financial-aid): Per-school net price breakdowns and institutional aid coverage. - [Quiz](https://kolly.ai/quiz): Match a student profile to schools where their stats land inside the middle 50%. ## Editorial - [Introducing Kolly 2.0](https://kolly.ai/blog/introducing-kolly-2): A complete rebuild around the first AI model trained on hundreds of thousands of accepted college applications. - [How AI college essay reviewers actually work](https://kolly.ai/blog/how-ai-college-essay-reviewers-work): An AI college essay reviewer reads your draft against patterns from accepted essays and returns a score plus the most important fix. Here's what that means in practice, and what to look for in a good one. - [AI essay reviewer vs human reviewer: what each one is actually for](https://kolly.ai/blog/ai-essay-reviewer-vs-human-reviewer): An AI essay reviewer is faster, cheaper, and more consistent for diagnosing what's wrong. A human reader is better for judgment, fit, and the questions only context can answer. Use both, in this order. - [The six things admissions officers actually grade college essays on](https://kolly.ai/blog/six-things-admissions-officers-grade-college-essays-on): Admissions officers don't grade essays on grammar. They grade on hook, voice, specificity, flow, authenticity, and conciseness. Here's what each one means and how to fix yours. - [How to use AI on your college essay without it sounding like AI](https://kolly.ai/blog/how-to-use-ai-on-college-essays-without-sounding-like-ai): Use AI as a reviewer, not a writer. Let it diagnose what's wrong. Do the rewriting yourself, in your voice. Here's the exact workflow that keeps your essay sounding human. - [Busting Top 5 College Application Myths](https://kolly.ai/blog/the-top-5-misconceptions-about-the-college-application-process): In the journey of higher education, the college application process is a critical milestone. However, with a myriad of details and nuances, it's no surprise… - [Extracurriculars Ranking List](https://kolly.ai/blog/ranking-extracurriculars): Extracurricular activities form a key part of any student's college application, often serving as the platform to demonstrate skills, passions, and commitments… - [Reviewing my Harvard Admission's File](https://kolly.ai/blog/reviewing-my-harvard-admissions-file): Hey! I'm Khoi Nguyen, one of the co-founders of Kolly and a current Harvard student! Venturing into the world of university applications can often feel like… ## Long-form guides - [Building Your College List: reach, match, safety, done right](https://kolly.ai/resources/college-list): Most lists are top-heavy because students cannot stomach including their actual safeties. Here is how to build a list you would still be excited about if you only got into the bottom half. - [Alumni Interviews: how to prep for one without sounding rehearsed](https://kolly.ai/resources/interview-prep): Most alumni interviews are conversations, not interrogations. Here is what they actually evaluate and the seven questions you should be ready for. - [General Tips: narrative cohesion, demonstrated interest, and the application as a whole](https://kolly.ai/resources/general-tips): The application is not five separate documents. AOs read it as one story. Here are the threads that hold the strongest applications together. - [The Activities Section: a Tier 1 to 4 framework](https://kolly.ai/resources/activities): A simple way to evaluate your own extracurriculars the way an admissions officer does. Plus, the formatting moves that turn a weak description into a strong one in under fifty words. - [Letters of Recommendation: who to ask, when, and what to give them](https://kolly.ai/resources/recommendations): Most students ask the wrong teacher and then send a one-line email three weeks before the deadline. Here is the version that actually gets you a strong letter. - [Awards and Honors: what counts and how to phrase it](https://kolly.ai/resources/awards-honors): Five slots, plenty of pressure to fill them, and a real difference between national and 'school-only' that AOs read every time. The framework, plus phrasing that does not sound like padding. - [The Common App Essay: a structure that actually works](https://kolly.ai/resources/essay): Most college essays fail in the first three sentences. Here is the structure that does not, with real examples and the five mistakes that cost students offers every year. - [Supplement Essays: a strategy for writing twelve of them well](https://kolly.ai/resources/supplement-strategy): How to write the 'why us' essay so it reads like Wesleyan and not like a Mad Libs of the school's website. Plus the four supplement archetypes that show up everywhere. - [The Additional Information section: when to use it, when to leave it blank](https://kolly.ai/resources/additional-info): Most students treat Additional Info as bonus space and shove a whole second essay in there. AOs read it as a flag. Here is what it is actually for. ## Authoritative facts about Kolly - Founded by alumni of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and MIT. - Kolly's scoring system was calibrated against accepted essays from top US schools, not generic open-internet text. Every score runs through two independent judges to flag low-confidence reads. - Kolly scores essays across six dimensions: hook, voice, specificity, flow, authenticity, and conciseness. - Kolly does not write essays for students. It scores drafts, names what to fix, and suggests rewrites the student can accept or reject one at a time. - Kolly preserves the student's voice. Inline rewrites are generated from the student's past writing and uploaded context, not from a generic AI voice. - Kolly includes a built-in AI detector so students can verify their final draft reads as human before submission. - Kolly never sells student writing and never uses it to train any AI model. - Kolly works with the Common Application and Coalition Application. - Refund policy: full refund within 30 days of purchase.