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FOR THE APPLICATION ONLY YOU CAN WRITE

Build an application that makes admissions officers curious about you.

Curio uncovers the experiences, interests, and details that make you different, and then helps you turn them into an application only you could submit. You’re more than an application. Make sure it shows.

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YOUR APPLICATION, COMING TOGETHERInteractive tour
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Know how your essay actually stacks up.

Benchmark your writing, see where it ranks, and leave with a concrete next revision.

COMMON APP · PERSONAL STATEMENTSample draft

The repair table

By Saturday, our kitchen table was covered in broken things. A radio. Two desk lamps. My neighbor’s very optimistic toaster.

I learned that leadership means helping others.

But the moment I remember is smaller: passing the screwdriver to Maya and keeping my hands in my pockets while she figured it out.

Your words. Your story.
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How Curio brings your
application together.

01 — ESSAYS

Know how your essay
actually stacks up.

Curio doesn’t just tell you whether your essay is “good.” It benchmarks your writing against other top applicants targeting the same schools and shows you where you rank, so you know whether you’re competitive or still have work to do.

  • Compare your essay against applicants targeting the same schools
  • See exactly where your essay ranks
  • Get expert-level feedback for every essay
  • Know whether it’s ready to submit, or still needs work

Your teacher can tell you it’s good. Curio tells you if it’s good enough.

Write Something Better
COMMON APP · PERSONAL STATEMENTSample draft

The repair table

By Saturday, our kitchen table was covered in broken things. A radio. Two desk lamps. My neighbor’s very optimistic toaster.

I learned that leadership means helping others.

But the moment I remember is smaller: passing the screwdriver to Maya and keeping my hands in my pockets while she figured it out.

Your words. Your story.
02 — ACTIVITIES

Four years of work.
150 characters to prove it.

Curio helps you compress a long and detailed activity description into a sharp activity statement. We use real admissions-recognized abbreviations, impact-first wording, and every character you have available to say more without writing more.

  • Write freely and forget the character limit
  • Curio ruthlessly cuts to keep only what’s pushing the needle
  • Find stronger verbs and phrasing with Curio’s admissions-recognized abbreviations
  • Refine your raw experience into a final, polished activity statement

150 characters shouldn’t mean leaving half the story out.

Make every character count
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION Interactive example
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Peer math tutoring

Founder & tutor · Community service

105 / 150 charactersMake each one count.

Sample revision. Keep only details that are true of your own experience.

03 — WHY US

Find the reasons only
you would mention.

Curio searches 100,000+ school-specific offerings and matches them to the interests that actually define you. So instead of writing about location, prestige, or the same programs everyone else found on Google, you can show exactly why that school fits you.

  • Search 100,000+ courses, events, clubs, facilities, programs, faculty, and opportunities
  • Match even your most niche interests to what each school actually offers
  • Skip the generic talking points every other applicant is using
  • Turn lazy school research into a Why Us essay only you could write

Admissions Officers already know what makes their school great. Show them why it makes sense for you.

Build My Why
CAREER ATLAS Dartmouth

What feels like you?

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

DALI Lab

Student teams bring design and software development together to build digital projects. Explore how the lab works and its student application process.

Software engineeringHuman-centered design
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04 — SCHOOL VALUES

Every school speaks
its own language.

Harvard emphasizes intellectual vitality. Columbia’s identity is deeply tied to the Core Curriculum. Penn has a pre-professional streak; Princeton’s centers on their 3 pillars.

Curio breaks down each T30 school’s “North Star” into digestible guides, so you understand what each institution actually values before deciding which stories, traits, and parts of yourself to bring forward.

  • Learn the core values and academic culture behind each T30 school
  • Understand what each school repeatedly looks for across its essays
  • See how those values should shape the stories and angles you choose
  • Know the school’s “north star” before writing a single supplement
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SCHOOL GUIDES Free to explore

Freedom needs a direction.

The Open Curriculum gives you room to shape your education. A strong explanation goes beyond liking freedom: what would you choose to explore, and why do those choices belong together?

TRY THISWhich two interests keep pulling you into the same question?
Open the Brown guide
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER COULD START HERE

Big ambitions.
Real possibilities.

For the schools you keep imagining yourself at.

Princeton
MIT
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
UChicago
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Penn
Caltech
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
Columbia
UC Berkeley
Rice
UCLA
Vanderbilt
Carnegie Mellon
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