Launching 15 May 2026 · First 15 students get 50% off

Applying for your masters abroad
on your own?

Stori interviews you the way a consultant would, extracts your full story, and tells you exactly what to write for each school on your list. At 1/10th the cost.

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For self-applying masters students
431 verified programmes
30+ countries
1/10th consultant cost
Why Stori exists
Good consultants are excellent. They are also ₹2 to 4 lakh.
Most students applying abroad cannot afford that.

The tools available online were not built for your specific profile, your specific schools, or your specific story. Scattered forums, generic essay guides and ranking lists cannot tell you what to write about yourself. Stori was built to close that gap. Consultant-quality intelligence, for students applying on their own.

What students told us
"I don't know what to write about myself that doesn't sound like everyone else."
"I have no idea what this school is actually looking for in an essay."
"I applied to 6 schools and I'm not confident any were the right fit."
"Good consultants are ₹3 lakh. That is not an option for me."
"I had so many questions and no one to ask at 1am."
"I knew my story. I just didn't know how to say it differently for each school."
"I don't know what to write about myself that doesn't sound like everyone else."
"I have no idea what this school is actually looking for in an essay."
"I applied to 6 schools and I'm not confident any were the right fit."
"Good consultants are ₹3 lakh. That is not an option for me."
"I had so many questions and no one to ask at 1am."
"I knew my story. I just didn't know how to say it differently for each school."
We spoke to over 100 students applying without a consultant

Applying alone is hard.
The internet was not built for this.

Every one of these is something Stori was built to solve.

“I don't know what actually makes me stand out.”

You have lived experiences that are genuinely yours. The hard part is knowing which ones matter and why. Stori's adaptive interview surfaces the thread running through your story that you probably cannot see yourself.

“I don't know if I have a shot at my target schools.”

Not knowing where you stand is the worst feeling. Stori shows you where your profile fits and where it falls short, and tells you what you can actually do about it before you apply.

“I have no idea which schools are actually right for me.”

A ranking will not tell you where you will thrive. Stori matches you across 431 verified programmes based on hard eligibility and on your goals, background and what you want to walk away with.

“What is this school actually looking for, and do I fit?”

Every school evaluates applicants differently. Stori maps your experiences to what each programme specifically values. The thing you have been dismissing might be exactly what they want to hear.

What Stori does

From not knowing where to start,
to knowing exactly what to submit.

Built for students applying to masters programmes abroad on their own. No consultant needed.

01 · FREE
School matching across 431 verified programmes

Stori first filters on hard eligibility criteria including GPA, IELTS score, budget and work experience. Within that eligible set, it ranks programmes based on your goals, values and narrative fit. You get a personalised shortlist from 431 verified postgraduate programmes across 30+ countries, with a specific reason for each match. Not just a label.

Free · 431 programmes · 30+ countries
Your matches
Filtered on eligibility. Ranked on fit.
LBS MiM
London · 22 months · Strong fit on leadership values
92%
HEC Paris
Paris · 16 months · Matches your international profile
86%
ESADE MiM
Barcelona · 12 months · Aligns with your sector interest
80%
02 · CORE PRODUCT
The adaptive interview, consultant intelligence, not a chatbot

The reason a good consultant is worth ₹3 lakh is not their templates. It is the hour they spend asking you the right questions, drawing out the nuance, the choices you made and why, the experiences you have been dismissing as too small. Stori's adaptive interview replicates exactly that. It has a real conversation with you, adapts to what you say, picks up on what you mention in passing, and builds your Narrative Profile from it. You do this once. Everything else on the platform is built from it.

Narrative Intelligence
Your story, mapped
“Tell me about a moment when you chose the harder path.”
Systems ThinkerPurpose-LedCommunity-Rooted
What LBS is looking for, and where you fit
LBS values candidates who lead through ambiguity. Your community finance experience speaks directly to this. Open with that, not the internship.
03
Nia, your guide, available at any hour

Nia knows your full Narrative Profile and every school on your list. Ask her anything, mid-draft, mid-panic, at 1am. She will not write your essay. She will tell you exactly what to write, which experience to lead with, and why it fits that school. No billing by the hour. No waiting for a reply.

Always-on guide
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Nia
Should I mention my family business in my HEC essay?
Yes, but lead with what you learned from it, not what it is. HEC wants to see how you think, not just what you come from. Want me to show you how to frame it?
On the use of AI

Stori does not write your application.
That is the point.

Admissions committees read thousands of AI-written essays. They are very good at spotting them. Stori's AI does something different.

01
AI for extraction, not generation

Stori uses AI to run the interview, asking the right questions, pick up on nuance, and identify what is genuinely distinctive about you. It extracts your story. It does not invent one.

02
Strategy is Stori's. Writing is yours.

Stori tells you what to write and why it will land. You write the essay. Every word of your application is yours. Your voice, your story, your application. Stori makes sure it is heard.

03
Your application stays authentic

Because Stori does not write for you, your application will not read like everyone else's. The strategy is specific to you and specific to each school. That is what gets read and remembered.

Peer network

Talk to someone who got in
without a consultant.

Connect with students currently at your target schools. Each peer tells you what they are happy to talk about so you can choose who fills your specific gaps. Book a 30-minute or 1-hour call.

A
Arjun S.
LBS MiM · Year 2
Mumbai · Applied without a consultant
Happy to speak about
Essay strategySchool selectionInterview prepLife at LBS
M
Meera K.
HEC Paris MiM · Class of 2025
Pune · Applied without a consultant
Happy to speak about
IELTS preparationVisa processScholarshipsLife in Paris
R
Rohan D.
ESADE MiM · Year 1
Bangalore · Applied without a consultant
Happy to speak about
Application processGRE preparationCareer outcomesLife in Barcelona
How Stori compares

What you get with Stori
versus every other option.

FeatureStori1/10th the costTraditional consultantGeneric AI toolsInternet research
Adaptive interview to extract your story
Consultant-style conversation, not a form
YesYesNoNo
Per-school essay strategy
Specific angle mapped to each programme
YesYesNoNo
Verified school matching
Hard eligibility filters plus narrative fit ranking
YesYesNoPartial
Recommender kit per school
Brief for each referee tied to that school's criteria
YesYesNoNo
Always-on guide
Answers questions at any hour based on your profile
YesLimited hoursGeneric onlyNo
Application tracker
Deadlines, documents and decisions in one place
YesVariesNoNo
Peer connections at your target schools
Current students who applied the same way
YesNoNoForums only
Cost
1/10th₹2 to 4 lakhFree / low costFree
From the pilot

In their own words.

“I didn't even realise ESADE was a fit for me until Stori flagged it. It matched something specific about my background I had never thought to mention. I had this one experience from college that I kept dismissing as too small. Turns out that was exactly what the school was looking for. I would not have seen it on my own.”

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Priya M.
Applying to ESADE MiM and LBS · Mumbai
Pilot student

Who Stori is for: Indian and international students applying to masters and MiM programmes abroad without a full-service consultant—when you want structured school matching, a narrative extracted through conversation (not generic prompts), and per-school essay strategy while you keep authorship of every essay.

Consultant-quality strategy.
Not consultant pricing.

A good admissions consultant in India charges ₹2 to 4 lakh for school shortlisting, narrative development, per-school essay strategy and positioning. Stori does all of it.

School matching is free. The full platform: adaptive interview, Narrative Profile, per-school strategy, recommender kit, Nia, application tracker and peer connections, is available at a fraction of that cost. Every word of your application stays yours.

First 15 students get 50% off the full platform. Launching 15 May 2026.
1/10
the cost of a consultantEverything included. Nothing hidden.
Questions students actually ask

Everything you want to know
before you sign up.

ChatGPT does not know you. You give it a prompt, it gives you a paragraph that sounds like everyone else who used the same prompt. It has no knowledge of what your specific schools are evaluating this year and no way to identify what is genuinely distinctive about your background. Stori is not a writing tool. It extracts your story through a real conversation, identifies what is strategically important about it, and maps it to each school's specific evaluation criteria. You write the essay. Stori tells you what to write and why it will land. Your application stays authentically yours.
No, and that is the point. Stori tells you what to write, which angle to take, and why it fits that specific school. You write the essay. Admissions committees read thousands of applications and are very good at spotting AI-written essays. Stori makes your application more specifically and distinctively yours, not less.
Stori first filters on hard eligibility criteria including GPA, IELTS score, budget and work experience. Within that eligible set, it then ranks programmes based on your goals, values and narrative fit. You get a personalised shortlist from 431 verified postgraduate programmes across 30+ countries, with a specific reason for each match. School matching is free. No card required.
It is a 20 to 40 minute AI-driven conversation, not a form. Stori asks about your experiences, your choices, your turning points and your goals. It adapts based on what you say and goes deeper into what matters. It is built with the same intelligence a consultant uses in their first session, drawing out the nuance and context that makes your story yours. You do it once. Everything on the platform is built from it.
Most platforms help you search programmes, check admit statistics and connect with peers. That is useful for discovery. Stori picks up where discovery ends. It is the only platform that runs an adaptive interview to extract your narrative, builds a per-school strategy from it, and tells you specifically what to write in your application for each programme. School matching, narrative profile, essay strategy, recommender kit, application tracker and peer connections, all in one place, built for students applying on their own.
You should, if you can afford ₹2 to 4 lakh. Consultants are excellent. Stori exists for the majority of students applying on their own who cannot access that. The quality of strategic output is comparable. The cost is not.
Yes. No card required. Stori filters on eligibility first, then ranks on narrative fit. You get a personalised shortlist from 431 verified programmes with a specific reason for each match.
Stori launches on 15 May 2026. The first 15 students to sign up get 50% off the full platform. Join the waitlist now to secure your spot.
Launching 15 May 2026 · First 15 students get 50% off

Your story is already there.
Stori helps you say it right.

The experiences are there. The reasons behind your choices are there. Stori surfaces what matters, maps it to your schools, and makes sure the people reading your application actually see it.

No spam. Just your spot.