# Personal Statement Grader (PS 评估所) > Personal Statement Grader (Chinese brand: PS 评估所) evaluates > application essays for US and UK undergraduate admissions across three > lines: the Common App main Personal Statement (650-word essay), the UC > first-year Personal Insight Questions (four answers chosen from eight, > 350 words per answer), and the UCAS three-question personal statement > (2026-entry format). > It returns a competitiveness tier verdict, per-dimension signal > lights, and evidence-based revision advice — quoting the applicant's > own sentences as evidence. ## Product facts ### Common App line (US undergraduate) - What it evaluates: the Common App main Personal Statement (650-word essay). Supplemental essays and recommendation letters are not accepted; UC first-year PIQs are evaluated on the separate UC PIQ line below. - Output: a tier verdict across five competitiveness bands (Most selective — Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford & peers; Ivy & Top 10; Top 20; Top 30; Top 50), five-dimension signal lights (story originality, writing quality, character & voice, thinking, overall impression), a risk check, and prioritized revision advice. - Revision-comparison re-evaluation: re-grade a revised draft against the original Full report. Current credit costs are displayed on the website. ### UC PIQ line (US undergraduate, University of California first-year) - What it evaluates: the UC first-year Personal Insight Questions — four answers chosen from eight prompts, 350 words maximum per answer (UC official limit). The in-product draft field accepts up to 450 words per answer and 1,600 words across the four answers. - Output: a portfolio reference band (Top Tier; Highly Competitive; Baseline Tier; Needs Improvement), per-dimension signal lights, and prioritized revision advice. Bands describe PIQ portfolio competitiveness only; they are not admission predictions. - Two report depths: Quick (band + signal lights) and Full (per-answer and per-dimension detail). - Revision comparison (Compare) is not available for UC PIQ; it applies to the Common App personal statement only. - A dedicated UC PIQ sample report: https://www.psgrader.com/samples?product=piq ### UCAS line (UK undergraduate) - What it evaluates: the UCAS three-question personal statement (2026 entry onward) — three answers, at least 350 characters each, no more than 4,000 characters in total (UCAS official limit). - Output: a tier verdict across UK competitiveness bands (Oxbridge; G5 excluding Oxbridge; Russell Group; Meets; Below), per-dimension signal lights, and prioritized revision advice. - Two report depths: Quick (tier + signal lights) and Full (per-dimension detail). ### Shared - Institution names are illustrative references to essay competitiveness, not endorsements, official institutional ratings, or admission predictions. PSgrader is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected with any university, Common App, or UCAS. - Score thresholds are internal and not published; results are expressed as tiers and signal lights only. - Evaluation is asynchronous with live progress; quick reports typically finish in a few minutes, full reports take longer. - Pricing: Quick Score, Full Evaluation, and Revision Comparison use credits; current credit costs are shown on the [home page](https://www.psgrader.com/) and in the account's checkout flow. Credit costs can change. Payment is handled by third-party payment providers; available methods are shown at checkout. Refund treatment is governed by the current terms and the specific evaluation outcome. - Privacy: third-party AI providers process essays to generate requested reports. PSgrader does not train its own models on submitted essays; third-party training and retention are governed by applicable provider terms. Essays and reports are not public by default. Account holders can access their records; authorized administrators or support personnel may access them for necessary service, support, security or abuse-review purposes. Processing by service providers and disclosures required by law may apply. Account deletion requires verification and may not immediately erase legally retained records, backups or provider copies. - Reports are bilingual (Chinese / English, one-click conversion) on all three lines; switching language never re-runs the evaluation. - Interface languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and English. - Audience: primarily Chinese high-school students (and parents) applying to US or UK colleges; English users welcome. ## Key pages - [Home](https://www.psgrader.com/): product overview, the evaluation framework for all three lines, tier system, pricing, FAQ. - [Pricing](https://www.psgrader.com/pricing) / [价格](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/pricing): credits per evaluation for all three lines, the USD credit packages with the per-100-credit rate, which package covers one evaluation, and the credit and refund rules. - [Sample reports](https://www.psgrader.com/samples): team-created sample reports for all three lines — Common App, UCAS, and a dedicated UC PIQ portfolio report at /samples?product=piq — identical in format to the report a paying user receives. - [UC PIQ review](https://www.psgrader.com/uc-piq) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/uc-piq): the public UC first-year four-answer product page, with Quick/Full options, portfolio review, reference tiers, official word limits and links to guides and samples. - [UCAS line](https://www.psgrader.com/ucas): the UK undergraduate three-question evaluation — Oxbridge / G5 / Russell Group tier verdicts, signal lights, and evidence-cited revision advice for the 2026 format. - [Compare](https://www.psgrader.com/compare): an honest three-way comparison — Personal Statement Grader vs human essay editing vs generic AI chatbots — turnaround, cost, consistency, and when each option actually wins. - [Contact](https://www.psgrader.com/contact): support contact. - [Terms](https://www.psgrader.com/terms) / [Privacy](https://www.psgrader.com/privacy) / [Disclaimer](https://www.psgrader.com/disclaimer): legal texts. ## Frequently asked questions - [FAQ (English)](https://www.psgrader.com/faq) / [常见问题（中文）](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/faq): 23 Q&A pairs — what is evaluated across all three lines, how to read tiers and signal lights, pricing and credits, privacy (third-party AI processing and retention), reports and re-evaluation, UCAS and UC PIQ specifics. ## Guides (bilingual: English / 中文) Practical guides for the Common App, UC first-year PIQs, and the UK UCAS three-question statement; every guide exists in English and Chinese (Chinese under /zh): - [Cutting a 700-word draft to 650](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/common-app-650-words) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/common-app-650-words): how admissions officers treat the word limit, and a step-by-step compression method. - [How admissions officers actually read essays](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/how-admissions-read-ps) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/how-admissions-read-ps): the two-pass reading reality and what survives it. - [How to revise effectively](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/revision-that-works) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/revision-that-works): tell signal from noise across revision rounds; revision-comparison re-evaluation. - [Where to get feedback](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/ps-help-options) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/ps-help-options): DIY, teachers, agencies, and AI tools compared on cost, speed, and risk. - [Cliché essay topics](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/cliche-essay-topics) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/cliche-essay-topics): seven high-risk topics with rescue tests and a three-question self-check. - [Will AI-written essays be caught?](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/ai-essay-detection) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/ai-essay-detection): how officers detect AI text, why detectors are unreliable, and the green/yellow/red zones of legitimate AI use (diagnosis, not ghostwriting). - [Your essay is not your resume](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/essay-not-resume) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/essay-not-resume): three symptoms of resume-speak and a four-step material selection funnel. - [How to write the UCAS three questions](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/ucas-three-questions) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/ucas-three-questions): the 2026 format is one essay in three parts — per-question jobs, the 4,000-character budget, and the thread that must run through all three. - [UCAS vs Common App essays](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/ucas-vs-common-app) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/ucas-vs-common-app): same material, two different essays — how dual applicants split the work. - [Common App essay feedback checklist](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/common-app-essay-feedback-checklist) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/common-app-essay-feedback-checklist): seven specific text-evidence checks and reviewer questions; links to the official 2026–27 prompts. - [UCAS personal statement review checklist](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/ucas-personal-statement-review-checklist) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/ucas-personal-statement-review-checklist): check Q1–Q3 as a coherent whole, inspect evidence, and verify official character rules. - [Choosing four of the eight UC PIQs](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/uc-piq-eight-questions) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/uc-piq-eight-questions): first-year question map, evidence cards, and choosing four complementary answers. - [UC PIQ four-answer review checklist](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/uc-piq-four-answer-checklist) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/uc-piq-four-answer-checklist): prompt coverage, personal agency, repeated evidence, and official versus evaluator word limits. - [UC PIQs versus Common App](https://www.psgrader.com/guides/uc-piq-vs-common-app) / [中文](https://www.psgrader.com/zh/guides/uc-piq-vs-common-app): shared experiences, different formats and supporting evidence.