Halo Full Features
Personalized Onboarding
Halo learns who you are from day one.
During signup, you give Halo context about your background, goals, and story—just like your first meeting with a private counselor. You can optionally answer 13 questions by voice, just talking naturally instead of typing, so Halo builds a deep understanding of who you are from day one. As you write essays and complete brainstorming activities, that personalization only gets sharper.
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School List Builder
Build and research your school list in one place.
Add schools, explore deadlines, and see key admissions data side by side. Halo recommends schools based on your profile and goals, but you always decide what makes the cut. Every school comes with a research hub—acceptance rates, essay prompts, application requirements, and curated insights so you can make informed decisions without digging through ten different websites.
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Topic Generation
Tailored topic ideas for every prompt you face.
Stuck on what to write about? Halo brainstorms topic ideas based on your profile and what it knows about each school's values. Every suggestion is tailored to the specific prompt you're writing for—not generic advice you could get anywhere.
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Brainstorming Activities
Creative exercises that surface your best stories.
A growing library of creative exercises designed to break through writer's block and surface your best stories. From "Pawn Stars" where you pitch a valuable item from your life, to "Your Soundtrack" where you curate your life's playlist—each activity is built to pull ideas out of you that a blank page never could.
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School-Specific Rubrics
Feedback calibrated to the school you're applying to.
Built from data on 1,300+ admitted students and insights from 150+ admissions officers. Every line of feedback is calibrated to the specific school and prompt you're writing for—not generic essay advice. Currently covering 46 schools plus the UC system, with more added regularly. Don't see your school? Email us and we'll work on adding it.
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AI Essay Coach
Like having a counselor on call 24/7.
Real-time chat with Halo while you write. Ask questions, get rubric-aware feedback, and workshop ideas—all informed by your profile and the specific school's rubric. Like having a counselor on call 24/7.
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Essay Analysis & Scoring
See exactly where you're strong and where to improve.
Submit your draft and get a detailed breakdown across every rubric dimension—where you're strong, where you're weak, and exactly what to fix. See your score improve in real time as you revise.
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Angelo—Word Count Trimmer
Precise cuts that preserve your voice.
Over the word limit? Angelo suggests precise cuts and rephrases that bring you under the limit while preserving your voice and meaning. No more agonizing over which sentence to kill at midnight.
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Essay Reuse Detection
Save hours without sacrificing quality.
Nobody writes a fully original essay for every school. Halo compares school values and prompt similarity to identify which essays can be reused or lightly adapted for other prompts—saving you hours without sacrificing quality.
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Full Profile Analysis
See how your full application aligns with each school.
Once you've completed all your essays and filled out your extracurriculars and honors, Halo generates a comprehensive profile analysis for each school—how well your full application aligns with what they're looking for, and specific recommendations to strengthen your candidacy.
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Schedule Planner
A personalized calendar from first draft to final submission.
Input your school list, rank them by priority, and Halo builds a personalized calendar to keep you on track from first draft to final submission. No more scrambling the week before deadlines.
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Parent Dashboard
Peace of mind without hovering.
Included at no extra charge. Parents get their own login to track their student's progress—which schools have essays started, which have been reviewed, and which are complete. Parents cannot see essay content, only whether each essay has been run through Halo. Peace of mind without hovering.
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