How Mascot works
Six tools that run off one profile. Writing is always free. Only the AI features have limits.
Talk to Mascot
Voice counseling that remembers
Start a voice session and talk through a topic: an activity, a goal, a setback. Mascot asks follow-up questions, then writes what it learned to your profile. The next session picks up where the last one ended.
- Natural voice, not a form
- Sessions resume across days
- Fills in your story topic by topic
What are you thinking about studying?
Maybe environmental engineering. I run our school recycling program.
That's a strong thread. Tell me what got you started.
AI Matching
A ranked list with reasons
Matching runs in two passes. A fast filter narrows thousands of schools, then a deeper model ranks the finalists against your full profile and writes a fit explanation for each one. Run it again any time your profile changes.
- Reach, target, and safety split out
- A fit explanation per school
- On-demand match for any single school
University Search
4,800+ schools, six tabs deep
Filter the list by state, size, selectivity, and major. Open a school for six tabs of real data: Overview, Admissions, Academics, Costs, Student Life, and Life After Graduation. Save the ones worth tracking.
- Filter by state, size, selectivity, major
- Six tabs of real data per school
- Saved schools feed your planner
Essays
Draft, analyze, and mine your stories
A focused editor with Essay Coach a click away. Run a full analysis for structure and voice, talk a paragraph through with Mascot, or pull concrete evidence out of your own activities. Drafting itself has no limit.
- Full structure and voice analysis
- Essay Coach conversation per essay
- Evidence pulled from your activities
Profile Builder
One profile, built your way
A guided wizard covers academics, testing, coursework, activities, honors, and goals. Upload a transcript and Mascot parses your courses for you. Or skip the typing and fill it in by voice.
- Guided, section by section
- Automatic transcript parsing
- Or complete it by talking to Mascot
Application Planner
Deadlines and status in one view
Your saved schools become a checklist. Set an application type and deadline for each, track tasks and recommendation letters, and watch an application-health score move as you finish things.
- Deadline and application type per school
- Task checklist and recommendation letters
- A health score for the whole cycle
Story coverage
See what's still missing
Mascot tracks seven parts of your story and scores how fully each one is covered, so you always know what to talk about next.
