Built for master's applicants

Find your program.
Not just a list
of them.

The Grad Scout researches master's programs that match your profile, scores each on fit, and tracks every application from first shortlist to final decision.

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Harvard Business School
MBA · Boston, MA · QS #1
94
Planning to Apply
London Business School
MiM · London, UK · QS #4
88
Application In Progress
INSEAD
MBA · Fontainebleau · QS #3
82
Offer Received ✓

Helping applicants target programs in the 🇺🇸 US · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇨🇦 Canada · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇦🇺 Australia · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇸🇬 Singapore

The problem

Applying to grad school is harder
than it should be

Most students navigate this alone — no advisor, no benchmarks, and a browser full of tabs that don't talk to each other.

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Weeks lost to research

Hunting for programs across spreadsheets, Reddit, and university websites — before you've even looked at a single deadline or class profile average.

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No idea if you're competitive

Average GPA and test score data is buried in PDFs. By the time you find it, you've shortlisted programs that were never realistic fits.

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No one to ask

Career advisors rarely know the specifics of individual master's programs. And finding someone who actually went through the exact program you're considering? That's a research project of its own.

How it works

From zero to shortlist
in one afternoon

1

Tell us your goals

Complete a short form — your field, target country, GPA, test scores, and budget. Takes under 5 minutes.

2

We research your matches

The Grad Scout finds and scores master's programs that fit your profile, pulling live admissions data, class profiles, and career outcomes for each one.

3

Track, connect, and apply

Manage your shortlist, reach out to alumni, build your resume, and track every application through to your final decision.

Everything you need

One platform,
the whole journey

Every tool master's applicants need — in one place, not scattered across twelve tabs.

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Smart University Research

Tell us your goals. Our AI researches and scores master's programs against your exact profile — field, country, tier, budget, test scores. Not just a ranking list.

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Live Admissions Data

Every card comes with current deadlines, GPA/GRE class profiles, tuition, funding availability, and career outcomes — pulled from official sources, not stale databases.

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Application Tracker

Move universities through stages — Shortlisted, Applied, Interview, Offer — see every deadline at a glance, and never lose track across 20 applications.

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Alumni Outreach

Find current students and graduates from your target programs, with the ones most relevant to you surfaced first. Manage outreach in a built-in five-stage contact board.

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Resume Builder

Upload your resume, edit in a structured layout, and use AI to sharpen your bullets. Save multiple versions tailored to different programs.

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Applicant Community

Ask questions, share your experience, and learn from peers going through the same process. A focused forum built for grad applicants, not a generic feed.

Pricing

Simple, honest pricing

Free

$0 forever
✓Dashboard & university cards
✓3 discovery runs
✓Discussion forum
✓Save contacts from program pages
✗Contacts CRM
✗Resume builder
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$10 / month
✓Everything in Free
✓20 discovery runs / month
✓Full contacts CRM
✓Resume builder
✓50 AI resume bullets / month
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FAQ

Questions we get asked

After a short preferences form — your field, target country, GPA, test scores, and budget — The Grad Scout uses AI and live web search to research and score matching master's programs. Each program gets a 0–100 fit score based on your specific profile, not generic rankings.

Yes. The Grad Scout fetches live web data every time a university is enriched, pulling current admissions deadlines, tuition, class profiles, and career outcomes from official sources. You can also manually refresh any university's data at any time.

Free gives you dashboard access, 3 university discovery runs, discussion forum, and the ability to save contacts. Pro ($10/month) unlocks the full contacts CRM, resume builder with AI assistance, 20 discovery runs per month, and 50 AI resume bullet suggestions.

Yes — MBA is a master's degree and The Grad Scout supports it fully. We cover MSc, MA, MEng, MBA, MPA, MPH, LLM, and all master's-level programs. PhD and bachelor's programs are not in scope.

Upload your existing resume (PDF or DOCX) and The Grad Scout parses it into a structured editor. Edit all sections, save multiple versions for different programs, and use the AI assistant to strengthen bullets — based only on what you provide, never fabricated.

Yes. Each university's Outreach tab surfaces publicly findable LinkedIn profiles of current students and recent graduates for your target programs. Save contacts and manage outreach across a five-stage board.

Your resume and profile are stored with row-level security — only you can access your own data. We never share your information with universities or third parties.

Yes. Cancel anytime from Settings. Your Pro access continues until the end of your current billing period — we don't cut access the moment you cancel.

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