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One conversation builds your profile. Counselly finds programs, prepares your essays, and tracks your applications. All personalized to you.

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Everything you need, one platform

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Your profile builds itself

Tell Counselly about your background, GPA, research, and goals through natural conversation. No forms. It extracts academic strengths, target fields, preferred locations, and budget automatically. Every chat makes your profile smarter.

Automatic extraction from conversations
Gets more accurate over time
Identifies strengths you might overlook

You said:

"I studied CS in Milan, 108/110 GPA, research in NLP"

Counselly extracted:

Field: CS / NLP
GPA: 108/110 (3.9)
Country: Italy
Target: ML / NLP

5 min

to your first profile

10K+

programs in our database

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personalized to you

The old way vs. Counselly

Without Counselly

✕Google "best CS programs in the US" and get overwhelmed
✕Fill out the same profile info on 10 different sites
✕Ask Reddit if your GPA is "good enough"
✕Write one generic SOP and send it everywhere
✕Miss a deadline because you lost track
✕Pay $3,000+ for a human counselor

With Counselly

One conversation. Counselly builds your profile automatically.
Programs ranked by fit, funding, and career outcomes.
Honest assessment of your chances at each school.
Essay feedback tailored to each specific program.
Every deadline tracked. Reminders before they hit.
Fraction of the cost. Available 24/7.

Built for international students

Counselly isn't a generic chatbot. It's built specifically for students applying from outside the US.

Knows your country

Understands your education system, grading scale, and what US schools expect from applicants in your country.

Learns as you talk

No questionnaires. Every conversation makes your profile more accurate and your recommendations sharper.

Full journey, one place

Profile building, program matching, essay feedback, application tracking. No jumping between 5 different tools.

Students who found their fit

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I had no idea where to start. Counselly asked me a few questions and within a week I had a shortlist of 6 programs I actually wanted to apply to.

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Ananya R.

MS Computer Science, UIUC

From India

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My university counselor gave me a generic list. Counselly understood that I wanted research-focused programs with funding. Completely different recommendations.

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Luca B.

MS Bioengineering, Johns Hopkins

From Italy

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The essay feedback was incredible. It helped me turn a vague personal statement into something specific and compelling. Got into 3 of my top 5.

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Seo-yeon K.

MS Statistics, Columbia

From South Korea

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