1. Intellectual quality, argument & originality — 25 points
Looks at insight, thesis or purpose, complexity of thought, and whether important claims are developed rather than simply asserted.
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How EssayHow scores your paper — and how we handle your academic work.
EssayHow is designed to help you understand a draft, identify revision priorities, and refine your writing. We show the scoring method and its limits so you can make your own academic decisions.
How the 100-point score is built
The Rate My Paper tool evaluates the submitted work on its own merits and uses the assignment prompt or rubric you provide when available. The score is the sum of five rubric categories:
2. Analysis & use of evidence — 25 points
Looks at reasoning, interpretation, integration and evaluation of evidence, examples, research, or course material. Unsupported claims are not treated as strong evidence.
3. Organization & coherence — 20 points
Looks at structure, paragraph development, logical progression, transitions, and whether the paper moves toward its purpose clearly.
4. Style & clarity — 15 points
Looks at precision, control of language, sentence variety, concision, and an appropriate academic voice.
5. Mechanics & presentation — 15 points
Looks at grammar, syntax, punctuation, citation or presentation consistency where relevant, and readability.
How to interpret the score
90–100: exceptional
Reserved for work that is genuinely distinguished rather than simply polished.
85–89: excellent
Sophisticated and consistently strong, with relatively limited weaknesses.
80–84: very good
Strong work with meaningful limitations that can still affect the final result.
70–79: competent but uneven
The draft may have useful strengths while remaining underdeveloped or insufficiently analytical in important places.
60–69: substantial weaknesses
Important problems materially affect the quality of the submission.
Below 60: serious deficiencies
Major issues limit the draft's effectiveness and should be addressed before submission.
Your assignment context matters
If you provide the assignment question, instructions, or professor's rubric, EssayHow uses that context when evaluating the paper. Without it, the tool evaluates the document using the selected paper type and the paper's own purpose. This means the result is a structured review, not a guarantee of the grade a particular instructor will award.
Your academic work is not a public repository entry
We understand that plagiarism is a serious concern at universities.
EssayHow does not publish submitted essays or reports to a public repository, and we do not make them publicly searchable for other students to browse. Your saved workspace is associated with your account rather than being presented as a public database of student papers.
EssayHow processes submitted text to provide the service you request, such as rating or humanizing. For the exact details of account and data handling, see the Privacy Policy.
What EssayHow does not claim
- EssayHow is not a university, professor, accreditation body, or official grading authority.
- An EssayHow score is not an official academic grade and should not be presented as one.
- The Humanize tool does not determine whether a paper was written by AI. Any stylistic signal shown by the rater is not evidence of authorship.
- AI feedback can be wrong or incomplete. Students should check facts, sources, citations, assignment requirements, and instructor guidance before submitting work.
How we plan to build evidence
Credibility should come from evidence, not invented marketing numbers. We intend to use genuine student feedback, permission-based anonymized before-and-after examples, and—when a formal benchmark is conducted—comparison against independent human evaluators. Any future validation results should report the sample, review process, agreement, and disagreements rather than hiding limitations.
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