Empowerly redefines college counseling with personalized guidance and technology that pinpoints your path to admissions success
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Powered by thousands of acceptance datapoints from students, our platform transforms admissions data into actionable insights that boost your application strength and maximize your chances at dream schools.
With Empowerly, you gain holistic, targeted strategies and personalized, expert guidance for your unique college admissions journey.
What makes us, us
Empowerly Score®
Roadmapping guidance
College smart list
Expert essay editing
Admissions Committee review (AdCom)
Unlimited research access
What You’ll Do
Maximize your application potential
Empowerly’s platform goes beyond basic check-ins. It guides you in highlighting strengths, filling gaps, and staying competitive—whether you’re refining essays, curating a balanced college list, or targeting top schools.
Empowerly Score®
Developed by former admissions officers using real acceptance data, the Empowerly Score® assesses your academics, standardized test performance, extracurriculars, and essays to provide a holistic evaluation of your overall application strength.
Together with your counselor, you’ll identify strategic areas for improvement, so you can make the most of your busy schedule and focus on the most impactful ways to increase your chances of admission.
Your roadmap
With numerous tasks across multiple college applications, your month-by-month roadmap ensures you always know what’s coming next. From visual timelines to checklists to calendars, you’ll have a comprehensive list of to-dos in one central place visible to your counselor.
Your roadmap is your path to success. By breaking down tasks into manageable pieces, you can set goals, achieve them, and avoid getting overwhelmed.
Your college list
Diversify your college list and keep track of application progress for your Safety, Target, Reach, and High-Reach schools. Our list builder automatically categorizes your schools based on their latest acceptance rates and your unique Empowerly Score®, helping to map out a clear picture of your best-fit schools to apply to.
Your counselor will guide you through developing a healthy, balanced list that maximizes your chances of success during the competitive application process.
Expert essay editing
Transform your writing with our powerful essay editing tool. Draft your essay, share it with your counselor, then send it off to our dedicated team of writing experts. Within two business days, you’ll receive thoughtful, actionable feedback that elevates your writing.
Our experts evaluate your work using a comprehensive rubric designed by former admissions officers. You’ll be scored across four criteria—uniqueness, narrative, likeability, and intellectual curiosity—and be provided with a detailed breakdown of your score.
Essays are one of your biggest opportunities to shine. Our essay editing team will help amplify your authentic voice and captivate admissions offices.
Admissions Committee Review
One of our most highly rated features is our Admissions Committee Review by former admissions officers at top schools. AdCom Review is where you’ll submit the final draft of your college applications for critical feedback before formally applying. This provides an extra layer of support to help ensure your application is polished and presents your best self to admissions committees.
Within 10 days of submitting your application draft to us, your application will be critiqued and scored in a rigorous mock admissions setting. Your academics, extracurriculars, and essays are scored based on a rubric adapted from Ivy League admissions offices, giving you the expert feedback you need to make your application the very best it can be.
Unlimited research access
Whether you’re looking for essay inspiration, searching for summer internships, researching scholarships, or anything in between, our expert Research Team is your go-to place to submit any and all admissions-related questions.
With unlimited requests, it’s like having your own personal research team with access to guides, webinars, and other valuable insights to help set you up for success on your college journey. Our research pros answer over 400 requests a month! (We’re a highly engaged team.)
TESTIMONIALS
Student success stories
Empowerly's resources have been invaluable in my college application process! Whether it be the AdCom review process or the thorough essay editing help, they have provided me with many resources to write quality essays.
Empowerly provides wonderful resources that have been extremely helpful and beneficial, such as Essay Editing, informative slideshows/documents, resource questions, and AdCom reviews. As the first person in my family going through the college admission process in the USA, Empowerly's resources have been guiding me throughout the entire process.
The essay editing and research resources have been phenomenal, and my counselor has been amazing with both advice about essay writing and about the college application process as a whole.
Ready to unlock your college admissions superpowers?
Discover how our robust platform can be tailored to your specific strengths and goals, transforming your college prep experience into a clear, expert-guided roadmap for success. Book an intro call to learn how Empowerly can help launch your college journey.