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Find your direction.Make your next college move.

An AI college mentor for high school students. Work out what you want to pursue, then get help with the applications and essays in front of you.

Sample conversation: a college on your list looks too expensive. What should you check first?

A sample Mentor exchange about college affordability. After asking about engineering programs and family cost, a student says they have only heard sticker prices and do not know what aid would look like. Premise explains net price, gives the limits of a calculator estimate, and suggests checking one school's official calculator and separating grants from loans.

Bring the part you’re stuck on.

Mentor

Talk it through with a mentor who reads closely.

No major in mind, or a list that feels random. Premise starts from what you tell it, and asks what it needs to know.

How Mentor worksA sample first Mentor turn: a junior with no idea what to major in. Premise names the two questions inside that worry and asks which one to untangle first.

Sample conversation.

Essay Studio

See what your draft is doing.

Get a specific reaction to the scene, the pacing, or the line that leaves a reader wondering.

You decide what the essay means. You write every word.

Explore Essay StudioA published essay excerpt with two pieces of Premise feedback beside it: one on how the opening delays the action, one on how a short sentence changes the pace.

From “Red Over Black” by Elizabeth (opens in a new tab), published by Johns Hopkins Admissions. Feedback shown is from Premise.

Applications

Every school’s deadlines and essays in one place.

For schools we have on file, official dates and supplemental prompts show up with their sources. Start a draft from any prompt.

Explore ApplicationsA sample Applications page for Duke University: the next deadline, January 4 for Regular Decision, with its official source, then Duke's two supplemental essay prompts, each with a Start a draft button.

Your decisions.
Your writing.

Aim as high as you like and ask the hard questions. These four lines keep the guidance tied to your reasons and your own work.

  • No personal admissions odds

    Published school facts and honest strategic context can inform your choices. Premise does not predict your individual chances.

  • Feedback only on essays

    Questions, reader reactions and mechanical flags. You choose the meaning and write every word.

  • Ambition has to be yours

    Bring a school or activity you care about. Premise helps you look at what it takes; it does not invent credentials or passion projects for you.

  • A record you can correct

    What you said and what the mentor thinks it means stay separate. Confirm, correct or reject a reading. No personality type is assigned.

What it costs.

Free
$0once your invite comes
Premise Plus
$19a month
Access
$0–5a month, by application

Paid plans give you a larger monthly allowance. The guidance standards stay the same. If cost is a barrier, you can apply for a free or reduced-cost Access place.

Compare the plans

Start with the question on your mind.

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