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For consultancies running the Fall 2026 cycle

AI workspace for
application season.

Open a student folder, choose the draft, and ask Nux to review it. Nux reads the resume, school list, and prior versions, then gives reviewable edits and a parent-ready handoff while your files stay local.

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01Open student folder02Ask about draft 403Accept reviewable diff04Send parent note
QualityVoicestudent voice stays intact
Expert12+essay archetypes built in
Systematic1workspace for the whole season
ControlledDiffsreviewable and traceable edits
Eleanor · Common App PS
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Eleanor Chen / Common App PSCanvas open
Student contextResume + school list loadedNext deadlineNov 1 · Stanford
Can you read draft 4 of my Common App essay? It feels flat in paragraph two.
⌘Reading draft-4-common-app.md…

You're right — paragraph two does most of the work telling me what the moment meant, instead of showing it. The piano teacher line is also a cliché — too many essays open like this.

−My piano teacher said that practice makes perfect, and I learned that she was right.
+On Tuesday nights Mrs. Vanek would put her thumb on the metronome and make it click slower until I stopped flinching at it.
Ask about your draft
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Global school coverage —
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Pain points and method

Not another chat window.
Your consultancy method, built into the season.

Context keeps falling out

Counselors keep pasting resumes, prompts, school lists, and old drafts. The model forgets who the student is.

Your method stays tribal

The firm's taste, opening rules, review standards, and examples never become part of the tool, so new counselors cannot reuse them.

Parents need another artifact

After editing the student draft, counselors still have to explain progress, reasoning, and next steps for parents by hand.

Nux method layer
Essay coaching templatesStudent profileFirm playbookParent-ready handoff
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Keep one living student profileEach student folder carries background, schools, voice, parent expectations, and boundaries. Context survives every thread and counselor switch.
STUDENT.mdloaded
# Eleanor Chen

Voice: reflective, concrete, dry humor

Parent expectation: keep academic rigor

Boundary: no generic growth-story framing

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Run admissions workflows from templatesCommon App, UC PIQs, Oxbridge PS, activities, recommendations, and more start from built-in coaching workflows, not a blank prompt box.
Common App personal statementrunning
UC PIQ setready
Oxbridge PSready
Activity compressionready
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Teach Nux your firm playbookAdd your opening heuristics, revision rubric, parent explanations, and example library. Nux follows your way of coaching instead of improvising from scratch.
WIKI.md

Your firm's essay playbook

  • Openings must prove a real scene exists
  • Every edit needs a parent-readable reason
  • Keep strong examples and banned tropes
04
Hand off work to students and parentsNux keeps diffs, versions, deadlines, and rationale together. Students know what changed; parents understand why; counselors stop writing a second status memo.
Parent BriefDraft 4 revision note

This pass keeps the student's voice, removes template reflection, and names what to add next.

RationaleStudent taskParent-ready
Features

The real Nux desktop workflow,
organized for application season.

From one desktop window, a counselor can see the roster, open a student, review a draft, track the deadline, and leave the next task for the student or parent.

Real app surfaces
Student rosterStudent profileDraft canvasEssay workflowsFirm playbookSearch / Connectors
01Student profile

Student records and applications live together

Every student has a profile, application list, and thread history. Application tracking keeps status, deadlines, and checklists beside the essays.

  • Durable student profile
  • Statuses, deadlines, and checklists
  • Start a new chat from the student page
02Canvas

The file area is a workbench, not an attachment rail

Canvas brings Progress, Working folder, Context, and the full file browser into one side panel. Counselors can preview or edit drafts, search file contents, and send selected passages back into chat.

  • Pinned student instructions
  • Preview, edit, search, and comment on selections
  • Files Nux reads or writes rise to the top
03Agent chat

Chat is connected to real file operations

Nux is not a one-off Q&A tab. It reads, writes, and edits inside the student's folder, while tool calls, task progress, and mutation history stay visible in the workspace.

  • Resume by student and thread
  • Read drafts and write version files
  • Ask the counselor when a choice matters
04Essay workflows

Essay workflows become the firm's method layer

The workflow page lets counselors browse, search, enable, and inspect essay workflows with descriptions and examples. Common App, SOP/PS, school-list, and interview-prep all start from one place.

  • Workflow cards include examples
  • Examples can start a new chat
  • Enable or disable by category
05Firm playbook

Put the consultancy playbook into Nux

The firm playbook gives Nux your essay principles, parent explanations, case notes, and banned tropes as reusable operating knowledge.

  • Keeps method visible
  • Refreshes as the playbook changes
  • Works with each student profile
06Search / Connectors

Search across conversations and connect outside tools

Thread Search filters by student and searches historical conversations. Connectors bring email, Feishu/Lark, and adjacent workflows into the same desktop environment.

  • Search past chats
  • Email can read, search, and send
  • Local-first, with no Nux server
For consultancies

Eighteen students.
One Fall cycle.
Every voice intact.

Independent consultancies and college-access programs use Nux to run the entire application season from one window. Cohort intake, essay coaching, supplement drafting, deadline tracking, branded handoff — all without losing the individual voice of any student.

  • —Per-student folders, threads, and version history
  • —Bundled essay-coaching skills you can extend per consultancy
  • —Cohort dashboard with deadline + status tracking
  • —Branded annotated-draft exports for parents & the student
  • —No student data leaves the consultancy's machine
Download the beta
Roster · Fall 202618 students · 47 essays in flight
EC
Eleanor ChenCommon App PS · draft 4
now
MP
Marcus PatelNorthwestern supplement
20m
SY
Sofia YamamotoUChicago uncommon · draft 1
1h
JA
Jordan AkinyeleCommon App PS · outline
3h
NM
Nadia MoradiBrown PLME
yest
AO
Aiden OkonkwoStanford roommate
2d
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Free · local on your desktop

Install Nux on your own computer, add one student folder, and run the first draft review from your local workspace.

Drafts stay on your machineOnly model requests leaveFree during beta
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FAQ

Common questions.

How is Nux different from ChatGPT for essay coaching?

Nux holds the entire student profile in context: resume, target schools, prompt, every prior draft. ChatGPT-in-a-tab sees only the snippet you pasted. Nux also ships with essay-archetype skills (Common App, UC PIQs, Oxbridge PS, supplements) so it coaches like a counselor, not a generalist model.

What does an 'application-season workspace' actually mean?

One folder per student. Inside: their resume, brag sheet, target school list, prompts, every draft of every essay, and a thread per essay. Counselors see a cohort dashboard across all students with status, deadlines, and blockers. Nothing lives in a spreadsheet anymore.

Is student data safe?

Drafts and notes live on the consultancy's machine. The only network call Nux makes is to the language model it runs on. There is no Nux server. Pair with your existing client agreements for full FERPA-friendly handling.

How should a consultancy get started?

Start with one representative student: add the resume, target schools, prompts, and prior drafts, then confirm how the student profile, essay workflows, and firm playbook should shape the routine before importing the full cohort.

What's the pricing for consultancies?

The app is free during the beta. You only pay for model usage — typically a few dollars per student per season. Consultancy plans add shared cohorts, branded exports, SSO, and priority support; contact us for a quote.

Does Nux write the essay for the student?

No. Nux coaches, suggests targeted diffs, and asks the questions a good counselor would. The student's voice stays the student's voice — which is the entire point of admissions essays, and what every admissions officer is reading for.