Why this site exists

I’m a high school senior in California. I built CREX during my own application year.

Here’s why. Getting real feedback on your essay usually means paying a counselor, and that can be hundreds of dollars an hour. A lot of people can’t do that. So their essay gets a quick read from a friend, or no read at all. Meanwhile the people who can pay get read carefully, more than once. I didn’t think that was fair.

But students can help each other. Someone who applied last year did the exact same prompts. They know what worked and what didn’t. That’s what this site is for.

CREX is free, and it will stay free.

No essay posted here goes unanswered.

The site is new, so that isn’t true yet. If you post an essay and nobody answers in a few days, email me and I’ll read it and leave real notes myself.

One person: me. There’s no company and no team. If you report a problem, it comes to me.

I’m the only one who can see who wrote an anonymous essay. I only look when there’s a report or abuse, and every time I do, it’s written to a log.

I built the code with AI tools (Claude Code). AI never touches your essay. It doesn’t read it, doesn’t write comments, and doesn’t decide anything about anyone. Every note on your essay is from a person. The one automated step is a filter that screens for abuse, explained on the privacy page.

• You choose who sees it: public, anonymous, or a private link.
• No private messages on CREX. No inbox, no chat. Every comment is public and can be reported.
• Search engines are told not to index essays.
• You can delete it any time.
• No ads. Nothing about you is sold.

The full safety rules are on the safety page.