Reason
01
Rejection letters explain nothing
Scholarship providers rarely give reasons. You're left guessing, and often end up fixing parts that were already fine.
For master's scholarship applicants who've been turned down
Find out why first,then apply again.
SAD.MBA reads the documents, essays and interview notes from the scholarship application that didn't make it, and shows you which parts most likely cost you the award. You then practice here until you're ready to apply again.
LPDP and Chevening come first. No credit card needed.
LPDP, reapplication
Hi, Kirana
Hi, Kirana
Here's where you stand for your LPDP reapplication.
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Reapplication readiness
62%
+31 since the autopsy
Projected 81% by the deadline
81%
AutopsyWeek 6TodayDeadline
Next step
Put numbers on your contribution plan
State who it's for, how many people, and by when. This addresses the finding we're most confident about.
Do it now142 days left
Documents
One document has expired
84
Essay
Main obstacle
46
Interview
Needs more practice
57
Top causes
3 findings- 1Contribution plan can't be measuredContribution essayHigh
- 2Leadership in your CV is missing from the essayCV and essayMedium
- 3Reason for choosing the university is too genericInterview recordingLow
This week's tasks
1 of 4- Write up one concrete program with a target
- Rebook the language test
- Simulator session: why this university
- Upload essay draft four
About us
It's normal to feel down after a rejection. The trouble is that rejection letters almost never say why, so many people apply again the following year and repeat the same mistakes.
The problem
Why so many reapplicants are turned down a second time
Unsuccessful
- “Show your passion”
- “Just be yourself”
- “Trust the process”
02
Advice online is too generic
Tips like “show your passion” don't help much when your real problem is a contribution plan nobody can measure, or interview answers that contradict your essay.
03
AI-polished essays all sound alike
A panel reads hundreds of essays in a single selection round. Machine-polished sentences are tidy, but the writer's own voice gets polished away too, and that voice is what the panel wants to hear.
How it works
From the rejection letter to an application ready to send again
There are four steps in one application cycle. The AI reads your documents and coaches you, and you still do all the writing yourself.
Step 01
Upload your old application
- Contribution essay
- CV
- Transcript
- Language certificate
- Interview recording
Upload your essays, CV, transcript and language certificate, and tell us the stage at which you were cut. For the interview, a voice recording of you recounting how it went is enough.
Step 02
Read your autopsy
EvidenceHigh confidence
“I want to help improve education in Indonesia.”
You get a list of the most likely causes, how confident we are in each one, and the sentence in your documents that supports it. Everything is assessed against the rubric of the scholarship you're applying for.
Step 03
Follow the plan
- Project to close the gapThis week
- Target language scoreUp next
- Next cycle deadlineUp next
We map out the months until the next cycle, with projects to close the gaps, a target language score and the key deadlines. An AI agent checks on your progress every week.
Step 04
Practice until you're ready
Panel
Dig up new stories, test your revised essay and sit a mock interview with an AI panel. By the time you reapply, your application has already been put to the test.
Features
Six AI tools to help you get through next time
Each tool is built for one specific part of the scholarship selection process.
Contribution essay.pdf
- Contribution plan can't be measuredHigh
- Leadership is missing from the essayMedium
- Reason for choosing the university is genericLow
Rejection autopsy
The AI reads all your documents together and compares them with the rubric and with patterns from applications that succeeded and failed. You get a list of causes, ranked from most to least likely. Each finding points to the original sentence, so you can check it yourself.
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LPDPChevening
Contribution to IndonesiaLeadership and networking
Scholarship-specific grader
LPDP looks at your contribution to Indonesia, while Chevening looks at leadership and networking. The same essay is graded the way your panel would read it, following the official guidance for the latest cycle.
Tell me about a moment when your team nearly failed.
Our vendor pulled out, but it still had a big impact.
Unsupported claim
What kind of impact? How do you know?
Story miner
The AI keeps asking, like a curious interviewer, until your strongest story comes out. It flags clichés and unsupported claims, and it never rewrites your sentences.
APanelist
BPanelist
CPanelist
Panelist B
All your experience is in banking. Why should we believe in that plan?
You
Um, so, actually, I've always been interested in education since…
Answer length
00:12
Filler words
0
Lead with your evidence.
Panel interview simulator
An AI panel talks with you live, in Indonesian or English. The questions come from your own documents, including follow-ups aimed at your weak points. After the session you get feedback on structure, consistency with your essay, filler words and answer length.
The agent is adjusting your plan
- Months 1–2Small leadership project
- Months 3–4Moved up to month 3Language test retake
- Months 5–6Final essay and mock interviews
Reapplication planner
This agent turns your diagnosis into a month-by-month plan up to the next deadline. It checks in every week and adjusts the plan as your profile grows.
Your
profile
profile
- Scholarship AStrong fit92
- Scholarship BGood fit68
- Scholarship CNeeds work36
Scholarship matcher
Reapplying to the same scholarship isn't always your best option. The AI reads your updated profile and suggests the combination of scholarships that makes the most sense for you.
Our principles
We won't write your essay.
Scholarship panels are getting better at spotting machine-written essays, and those essays never sound like you anyway. We built SAD.MBA to help you sharpen a story that is already yours.
- You01
Your writing stays yours
The AI asks questions, flags problems and gives scores. You write every sentence yourself.
- Use my files to train the graderContribution essay.pdf02
Your documents aren't used without permission
Your files are only used to train the grader if you agree to it, and you can delete them at any time.
- Guaranteed acceptance03
We don't promise you'll get in
What we do promise is an honest diagnosis and rigorous practice.
Scholarships
We're starting with two scholarships and covering them in depth
Accurate grading needs a rubric and patterns specific to each scholarship. That's why we're starting with the two most sought-after ones and adding the rest one at a time.
- Available at launch
Looks at your contribution to Indonesia - Available at launch
Looks at leadership and networking - Planned
Fulbright - Planned
Australia Awards - Planned
MEXT - Planned
Erasmus Mundus - Planned
GKS Korea - PlannedUniversity MBA scholarshipsUniversity MBA scholarships
Their stories
From people who have been where you are
What our early testers said after a few weeks with SAD.MBA.
Rejection autopsy
I failed LPDP's substance stage twice, and both times I assumed my English was the problem. The autopsy pointed at my contribution essay instead, right down to the sentence it found too generic. It was a little embarrassing to read, but I finally knew where to start.
Scholarship-specific grader
Students often ask me to read their scholarship essays, and honestly I don't always have the time. What I like is that this tool doesn't write the essay for them. They still have to do the thinking, and I can step in where it gets hard.
Interview simulator
The mock interview had me sweating. The panelist kept pressing me on why I was changing fields, which is exactly the question that tripped me up last time.
Story miner
I wasn't sure it was for me, since I've never been rejected and was only preparing my first application. The story miner turned out to be useful anyway. It reminded me of things I did in a student organization that I'd never thought were worth mentioning.
Planning agent
The internet where I live isn't always reliable, so I was glad I could answer the interview with a voice recording. A few things still need work, like the monthly plan being too packed at times, but for an early version it has already helped a lot.
Pricing
Start for free, and pay once you decide to reapply
Basic autopsy
To find out where the problem is.
Freeforever
No credit card needed.
Start a free autopsyWhat you get:
- One autopsy for one scholarship
- The three main causes, with evidence
- A readiness summary you can share
Most complete
Reapply Pass
Covers one application cycle, up to the next deadline.
Rp399,000per cycle
One payment, about Rp67,000 a month over a six-month cycle.
Get the Reapply PassWhat you get:
- Full autopsy of all your documents
- Scholarship-specific grader, unlimited revisions
- Story miner and planning agent
- 8 interview simulator sessions
- Scholarship matcher across programs
Awardee review
Charged per session, and can be added to any plan.
Rp249,000per session
Each session lasts 45 minutes.
Book a reviewWhat you get:
- Your final application reviewed by an awardee of the same scholarship
- One online Q&A session
- Written notes for you to keep
Are you a university, a scholarship prep provider, or a company with an employee scholarship program? Contact us about institutional plans
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
No. SAD stands for Scholarship After Denial. We help applicants for master's scholarships in any field, MBA included.
No. Our AI asks questions, flags weak passages and grades your draft against the scholarship rubric. You write every sentence yourself, so the essay still sounds like you.
It can't know for certain, because scholarship providers rarely give reasons. The AI compares your documents with the official rubric and with patterns from successful and unsuccessful applications. From that it works out the most likely causes, each with a confidence level and the evidence behind it.
Your documents are encrypted, never shared with third parties, and you can delete them whenever you like. We only use them to improve the grader if you give explicit permission.
No, and nobody can. What we give you is an honest diagnosis, a clear plan and rigorous practice right up to application day.
Yes. The scholarship-specific grader, story miner and interview simulator are just as useful for first-time applicants.
Start preparing your next application today.
Join the waitlist and you'll get a free autopsy as soon as SAD.MBA opens for LPDP and Chevening applicants.