Profile
Applicant profile and imports
Keep GPA, DAT section scores, residency, cycle, preferences, experiences, and school context in one profile.
2027 DENTAL APPLICATION CYCLE
Lock in.
Get accepted.
Merit turns your GPA, DAT, and home state into a real dental-school plan, then keeps you moving through school lists, essays, interviews, letters, and deadlines.
Built as self-serve admissions support for applicants who want more structure than a spreadsheet without committing to consultant-level spend.
M3.64 GPA · 22 AA · Ohio residentCycle plan · 12 schools
SAFETY
Ohio State
Strong residency fit
TARGET
Michigan
Stats near profile
REACH
Harvard SDM
High selectivity
Tracker
3 deadlines soonOhio StateSubmitted
MichiganEssay due Jul 12
TuftsInterview prep
AI queue
Personal statement review
Readiness audit
Mock interview: Tufts
Letter request draft
PROFILE * SCHOOL LIST * TRACKER * ESSAY REVIEW * AUDITS * INTERVIEWS * LETTERS * ADVISOR * OPPORTUNITIES * PROFILE * SCHOOL LIST * TRACKER * ESSAY REVIEW * AUDITS * INTERVIEWS * LETTERS * ADVISOR * OPPORTUNITIES *
SEE THE FLOW
A quick pass through a student's cycle.
This lightweight demo shows the product story we should turn into the launch video: enter profile, generate the list, track deadlines, and use AI help when the work gets specific.
Profile
Maya adds her GPA, DAT, state, and preferences.
3.64 GPA · 22 AA · Ohio resident
School list
Merit tiers schools and explains why each one fits.
4 safety · 5 target · 3 reach
Tracker
Her deadlines, essays, interviews, and notes stay connected.
3 deadlines this week
Review
She runs essay feedback, an audit, and a mock interview.
Readiness score + next actions
Maya Chen · 2027 cycleReadiness 74%
Profile
Science GPA3.58
DAT AA22
ResidencyOH
School list
Safety
Target
Reach
Tracker
MichiganDue Jul 12
TuftsInterview
OSUSubmitted
AI workbench
Essay reviewReady
Mock interviewQueued
Letter draftNew
From first list to final decision.
Merit keeps the cycle connected so every AI suggestion, manual edit, deadline, and next step points back to the same application plan.
01
Build the base
Add GPA, DAT, residency, cycle, and preferences. Import or enter the details that shape school fit.
02
Get a plan
Generate your list, audit your readiness, and see the schools and application gaps that deserve attention.
03
Work the cycle
Track deadlines, review essays, prep interviews, draft letter requests, and keep moving school by school.
WHAT IS BUILT IN
More than a school-list generator.
Merit covers the repeated work applicants actually do across the cycle, from first profile to interview season.
School list
AI list with editable tiers
Generate safety, target, and reach schools with rationale, then add, remove, retier, or regenerate without losing manual edits.
Tracker
Status board and deadlines
Track not started, submitted, interview, and decision stages with notes, due dates, overdue flags, and automatic tracker entries.
Essays
Personal statement and secondary review
Organize prompts, draft essays, get AI review, and generate ideas from your experiences when a prompt feels stuck.
Readiness
Application audits and advisor chat
Run a holistic audit, see the weak spots, and ask follow-up questions against your actual profile instead of generic advice.
Interviews
School-specific mock practice
Create practice sessions, answer questions, and review feedback before a real interview shows up on the calendar.
Letters
Recommendation request drafts
Track recommenders and draft specific, polished asks that remind each writer what you worked on together.
Opportunities
Experience and opportunity planning
Find and connect volunteering, shadowing, research, leadership, and service opportunities to the story you are building.
One profile
powers school lists, audits, advisor chat, essays, interviews, and letters.
Manual control
keeps applicants in charge of tiers, schools, deadlines, notes, and edits.
$129/year
for the full cycle, with limited non-AI access if someone cancels.
MERIT ELITE
One plan for the whole application year.
Start with a 7-day trial. After that, keep list viewing and tracker access free, or upgrade for school-list regenerations, essay reviews, audits, advisor chat, mock interviews, and recommendation drafts.
Compare plans$19
monthly
$129
full cycle/year
7 days
free trial
0
AI features locked into spreadsheets
Questions, answered.
Start with your profile and school list. Merit uses your GPA, DAT, residency, and preferences to create the first plan, then the tracker, essay tools, interview prep, and advisor all work from that same application context.
Treat them as planning guidance, not promises. Merit compares your profile against school data and explains the rationale, but admissions data changes and every school has qualitative factors. You should still verify important details with official school sources.
You can edit the list, add or remove schools, retier anything, and start tracking deadlines. From there, Merit helps with essay review, application audits, mock interviews, recommendation-letter drafts, and questions you would normally stash in notes or tabs.
No. You can build a first-pass plan with the information you have, then update your profile and regenerate when your official score lands. Better inputs make the recommendations sharper, but you do not need to wait until everything is perfect.
No. Merit is self-serve software for structure, feedback, and momentum. It is priced for applicants who want serious support without starting with a private advising package.
You keep limited non-AI access: view and manually edit your school list, keep your tracker, and maintain notes and deadlines. AI generation and review features require an active trial or Merit Elite subscription.
Build the plan.
Work the cycle.
Start free, generate your first school list, and see what needs your attention next.
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