Your draft.
A clearer next step.
See the shape of your essay, then make the decisions only you can make.
A private space to count, reflect and revise. This tool measures length and organises your own notes; it does not grade writing, predict selection or submit an application.
Your writing stays in this open page. No account, autosave or upload. This website does not send your draft or notes to a server. Download a copy before leaving or reloading.
Start with your draft.
Include only text you want counted. Separate paragraphs with a blank line. Keep a copy in your own document.
How the counts work
Groups of Unicode letters or numbers count as words; an internal apostrophe or hyphen keeps a group together. Punctuation and emoji alone do not count. This is an English-style counter, so a continuous unspaced script counts as one group. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines; a single line break is not a new paragraph. Your submission platform may count differently.
Characters include spaces and line breaks. The draft box accepts up to 100,000 text characters as measured by the browser.
See words by paragraph
- Add a draft to see its paragraph lengths.
Look for the meaning.
Mark a prompt when you have considered it. Point to a sentence or write the change you want to make. These checks record your review; they are not a quality score.
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Take your work with you.
Your download includes the draft, counts, target and review notes. You choose where to save it.
Clear the draft, targets and all review notes? Download anything you want to keep first.
Your private essay review
Count first. Read again.
A draft inside a word limit still needs to answer the prompt. Read for a specific experience, a clear decision and an honest account of learning. The revision method helps you choose one change at a time.
Working from a blank page?
Use the private planning worksheet to gather an experience before writing. Then return here with your own draft.
Before applying, confirm the relevant round and its requirements. This review workspace is independent of application collection.