Free tool

Grad Application EF Tracker

Get your applications out of your head and into one place. Enter each program's deadline once, and the tracker plans backward, dating every step for you.

Get your free copy

Opens in Google Sheets and makes a copy that's yours to edit. No signup needed.

What's inside

Six tabs, one place

Everything an application asks you to track, organized so you don't have to remember it.

ProgramsTimelineLetter writersDocumentsInterviewsBudget
How it works

Three steps

1

Make your copy

Click the button and Google Sheets saves your own version to your Drive.

2

Add your programs

Enter each program and its deadline. That's the only date you need to know.

3

Follow the dates

The tracker works backward and dates every step: advisor emails, letters, transcripts, statements, and submission.

Why I built it

Applying to grad school is mostly an executive function task. You're managing a dozen deadlines, a handful of people, and documents that never feel finished, all without a syllabus.

If it feels harder than it looks, that's not a lack of ability. It's a lot to hold in your head. So don't hold it there.

Also free

Get the Grad Application Email Kit

Copy-and-paste emails for potential advisors and letter writers, plus a statement of purpose guide. Subscribe to my Substack and the kit arrives in your welcome email. See what's inside.