In the last week, small things fall through the cracks and big things feel too late to fix. This checklist sorts what to check yourself, what to check in your handbook, and where a second reader helps.
See how Esmond worksThe argument checks above are the hardest to do on your own text. An Esmond review reads the full draft and returns a prioritised list: the issues worth fixing first if you have a few days, and the ones to leave if you do not. It does not check the handbook items, because it does not know your handbook.
Give yourself time to act on it. A review two days before the deadline is still useful for small fixes, but structural problems need a week or more.
Finally, read the whole thing once on paper or in a different format, start to finish, in one sitting. Students often notice repeated points, missing transitions and a figure referred to by the wrong number only when they stop jumping between sections in their editor.
Be straight with yourself: Esmond works with language models, so using it is a form of AI use. Rules on AI differ per university, programme, module and assignment. Check your module or programme handbook before you upload, and if it is unclear, ask your supervisor or module coordinator and declare the use if your institution asks you to.
You upload your draft as a PDF. Short documents come back within minutes; a full dissertation takes longer. You get two things back: your own document with comments in the margin, and a separate feedback report that sets out what to tackle first. Every upload starts with a free preview, and the price follows the length of your document and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no account.
Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and gives a direction for revising it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. This page explains what the review does, so you know what to expect when it opens.
Short documents usually come back within minutes; a full dissertation takes longer.
No. Formatting requirements are in your module handbook.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. Until then you cannot upload or order anything here; the guides on this site are free to read.
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