Get smooth
sharp. Get WhetBook.
Any AI tool can polish a sentence. We help you find the story only you could have written that makes an admissions reader stop skimming.
Every essay can sound polished now. Fewer essays sound like anyone in particular.
AI has made "good enough" free
With AI, you can get a first draft that "sounds good" in seconds. But admissions readers see the sameness, and using AI to write essays is starting to work against students who lean on it too heavily.
Colleges are watching for AI content
More and more schools are requiring that the substance of an essay has to be recognizably the student's own, and are now employing several AI detection tools for each submission. A critique that brings out your real voice allows you to apply with confidence to any school you want.
Authenticity still can't be automated
With WhetBook, we pull out and emphasize the exact memory, specific detail, and sentence that only you would write, because that's uniquely you. A generic model smooths you away by design.
A second, trained pair of eyes
We do not do rewrites or use templates. Each essay is closely read by our team with one singular focus: does this sound like you, and does it capture the reader's attention to make you stand out in a sea of sameness?
To sharpen every student's story until it cuts through the noise. We find what's real, authentic, and unmistakably you in each essay, one critique at a time, so that your application never reads like it could belong to someone else.
14 years of critiques in numbers.
WhetBook's process: 7 day turnaround guaranteed.
Send your draft essay
Through our portal, you can submit your Common App essay, a supplemental essay, or a scholarship essay. Any stage of draft is fine, including the messy first one.
Get your critique in 7 days
A thorough read-through focused on highlighting your voice, fixing overall structure and flow, and identifying your unique story that answers the prompt.
Revise and re-send for a final pass
Second drafts are welcome; we focus this critique on refining a strong essay into a great one that is ready for submission.
Built by someone who's done it before.
Dr. Jeremy T. Feaster
Founder, WhetBook · Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, StanfordAs an eager (and nervous) high school senior in 2007 trying to figure out how to pay for college, I built the note-taking and revision system that would become WhetBook and used it on my own applications. It resulted in me earning offers into 19 colleges, including 6 full-ride scholarships, and over $1.4M in undergraduate scholarship offers.
Since 2012, I've brought that same system to students across the country, working alongside The Scholar Mom to help families navigate essays, resumes, and scholarship deadlines together. I hold a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.
In an era where AI can smooth over any paragraph, my focus hasn't changed. I work to find the authentic, amazing thing that each student has to say, and help them say it in a way no algorithm would.
Testimonials from previous clients.
"Thank you so much for reading and reviewing all of my essays — I know it was a lot of work, but your feedback was really helpful!"
— Rachel S., 2021"Thank you so much Mr. Jeremy! That truly means everything coming from you — one writer to another!"
— Jade S., 2024"Thank you so much for working with N. this semester. He truly values and appreciates your feedback... We look forward to continuing our relationship with you and your team. Thank you for all that you do to invest in the next generation. We appreciate you!"
— Serena W., 2020