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The complete platform for graduate-school applications. Upload your CV and GradApp matches you to professors with grounded evidence, polishes your CV into the elite-school format, drafts outreach emails from real papers, coaches your statement of purpose, gives senior-advisor-level review of every essay you write, tracks every application's deadlines and requirements, and surfaces the named scholarships and fellowships you can actually apply for.
Applying to grad
school takes
months.
Applicants juggle a search engine, a writing assistant, a shortlist spreadsheet, three browser tabs of faculty pages, and a scholarship hunt — for every school. Most of that work never pays off, and the small mistakes compound: wrong-fit professors, weak essays, missed deadlines, funding overlooked.
GradApp replaces the whole stack. One platform reads your CV, matches you to the right professors and programs, polishes your CV into the elite-school format, coaches your statement of purpose, reviews every essay like a senior advisor, tracks every school's deadlines and requirements, and surfaces the named scholarships you can apply for.
Three things that make the match actually match.
The matching engine is what GradApp started with — and it's still what every other feature builds on. Here's why it works when most professor-finders don't.
Deep CV analysis
Reads your whole CV — not keywords — and returns coherent research threads, methodological strengths, and honest gaps. Every claim is grounded in a line you actually wrote.
Grounded match explanations
For each professor, we explain the fit with evidence from BOTH sides: a quote from your CV next to a real paper of theirs. When a match is a stretch, we say so.
Outreach that cites a real paper
Every draft opens with a specific finding from one of the professor's papers — not a vague compliment. GradApp reads their recent papers and extracts a quotable result.
Four steps. Two evenings.
From an unstyled PDF to a sent email a tenured professor will actually read — without you spending another weekend on a faculty page.
Upload your CV. Get the professors who fit.
GradApp parses your CV end-to-end, surfaces your research threads, and ranks faculty whose recent papers genuinely overlap. Each match is justified with a quote from your CV next to a quote from their work.
- PDF in, ranked list out — under two minutes
- Live web discovery + 5k+ indexed faculty
- Evidence on both sides for every match
Send cold emails grounded in their actual papers.
Every draft opens with a specific finding from one of the professor's recent papers — not a generic compliment. GradApp reads the paper, extracts a quotable result, and ties it to your work.
- Real citations only — zero hallucinated papers
- Editable, signature-ready in one click
- Tone calibrated for tenured-faculty inboxes
Restructure your CV into the elite-school format.
Single-column, action-verb bullets, dates right-aligned, no objective statement — the same template Harvard OCS, Stanford, MIT, and UC Berkeley career services teach. First polish takes 15-30 seconds.
- Consensus grad-school format
- Re-polish in seconds; download as PDF
- Keeps your tone, fixes the structure
Didn't see the school you wanted? Search any one.
Point GradApp at any university's faculty directory. We crawl their professor list, read each lab's recent work, and rank only the ones whose research actually aligns with your program.
- Any school in the US, UK, or Canada
- Fresh crawl — not a stale index
- Returns ranked profs in 60 seconds
One platform from your first PDF to your last submitted application.
Most applicants stitch together a search engine, a writing assistant, a spreadsheet, and three browser tabs. GradApp replaces all of that — and does each piece better because they share the same picture of you.
Research the right schools.
Find the labs, programs, and faculty whose research genuinely overlaps yours — without spending a week clicking through faculty directories.
- Professor matching with grounded evidence on both sides
- Direct school search — point GradApp at any university
- Admissions, deadlines, and program details on every school
Write a strong application.
Turn your CV into the format elite programs expect, then get senior-advisor-level feedback on every essay before you send it.
- CV polish into the consensus elite-school format
- Statement of Purpose coach — answers and rewrites
- AI reviewer for CV, SOP, PS, and other application essays
Manage every school.
Keep every deadline, document, and decision in one place — and find the named scholarships and fellowships you can actually apply for.
- Application tracker — items, milestones, statuses per school
- Named scholarships and fellowships discovered per program
- Cold-outreach drafts grounded in the professor's actual papers
Two things people don't expect from a matching tool.
A senior grad-school advisor on call.
Upload your CV, SOP, personal statement, or any application essay. GradApp reads every line and returns inline annotations, structural feedback, and a follow-up Q&A chat where you can argue back, ask why, and iterate — the kind of feedback you'd normally only get from a tenured mentor.
- Inline annotations on the exact lines that need work
- Senior-advisor framing — strategic, not just grammar
- Q&A chat thread per review — keep digging on any point
Find the scholarships you can actually apply for.
Every school × program page surfaces real, named scholarships and fellowships available for that specific degree — eligibility, amounts, deadlines, application URL — alongside the regular admissions and tuition info. No more open-ended Googling for funding.
- Named fellowships per (school × discipline)
- Eligibility + amount + deadline + application link
- Admissions + tuition + funding all on one card
Graduate-school application, explained.
The questions applicants actually type into search engines — and how GradApp fits into each answer.
01How do I start applying to graduate school?
How do I start applying to graduate school?
Start by identifying the research labs that match your background, not just the schools. The most effective approach is to upload your CV to a platform like GradApp, which reads your full background, surfaces your research threads, and matches you to professors whose recent papers genuinely overlap. From there, you can draft cold-outreach emails grounded in the professor's actual work, polish your CV into the elite-school format, coach your statement of purpose with a senior-advisor model, and track every application's deadlines and requirements in one place.
02How do I find the right professor for graduate school?
How do I find the right professor for graduate school?
The right professor is one whose recent research overlaps your own threads — not just a famous name in your broad field. GradApp reads your CV like a faculty mentor (not a keyword search), extracts your research threads, and ranks professors whose recent papers actually align with your work. Every match is justified with a quote from your CV next to a quote from one of the professor's papers, so you can see the overlap before you commit to outreach.
03How do I write a strong statement of purpose for a PhD application?
How do I write a strong statement of purpose for a PhD application?
A strong SOP tells a clear research story: what you've done, what specific questions you want to answer next, and which faculty member's lab is the right place to answer them. GradApp's essay coach helps you build that arc from your CV and target program, and the AI reviewer reads your draft like a tenured advisor — flagging structural problems (weak thesis, missing motivation, vague research interests) and returning inline annotations on the lines that need work, with a Q&A chat to argue back on any feedback.
04How do I track multiple graduate school applications?
How do I track multiple graduate school applications?
GradApp's application tracker keeps every school in one workspace: per-program deadlines, requirements (transcripts, recommendations, essays, portfolios), submission status, and notes. Each tracked application links back to the professor matches and program info we surfaced, so you never lose context on why you're applying or what differentiates this program.
05What scholarships and funding are available for graduate school?
What scholarships and funding are available for graduate school?
Funding falls into three buckets: program-wide guarantees (most PhDs at R1 institutions are fully funded), school-specific named fellowships (e.g. Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Berkeley Chancellor's Fellowship), and external scholarships (NSF GRFP, Knight-Hennessy, Fulbright). GradApp surfaces all three for each school × program you research — including eligibility, amounts, deadlines, and the official application links — so you stop Googling for funding and start applying for it.
06When should I email professors about PhD programs?
When should I email professors about PhD programs?
Most applicants email professors 4-6 weeks before the program deadline (so typically September-October for December deadlines), but only after they've actually read the professor's recent papers and have something specific to say about them. GradApp's outreach drafter reads the professor's recent work, extracts a quotable result, and writes a draft email tied to your own research — so the email opens with a real finding, not a generic compliment, which is what tenured faculty actually respond to.
07How long does the graduate school application process take?
How long does the graduate school application process take?
From start to submission, plan on 8-12 weeks of focused work for 6-10 applications: 2-3 weeks to research labs and refine your school list, 4-6 weeks to draft and revise CV + SOP + personal statement + outreach, and 2-3 weeks to gather recommendation letters and submit. GradApp compresses the research and writing phases (matching takes minutes, CV polish takes seconds, essay review is instant) so most users finish the productive work in 4-6 weeks.
Apply to grad school like you actually mean it.
Start free. Upload your CV, pick a target program, and within about a minute you'll have matched professors, a polished CV draft, and a workspace tracking every school you care about.