Partner with Margin to put a writing mentor in more students' hands.

Your organization funds part of each student's access. Margin funds the rest. Students get a mentor's attention on every draft — not a one-time review — through the writing that matters most.

Real feedback at every stage. The words stay the student's.

Margin provides the questions, feedback, and next steps of a writing mentor. It never writes for the student. The student remains the author.

You don't have to take that on faith. The section titled "What a seat includes" shows a real feedback pass, captured from the product — read it and judge for yourself what kind of help this is.

How many students would you like to support?

Each student receives a full Margin Season Pass through March 31 — $500 at our standard rate. Margin contributes 25% of the cost of every sponsored Season Pass, so your funding reaches more students. For every $3 your organization puts in, Margin puts in $1.

That puts a sponsored seat at $375 per student. For comparison, private essay tutors typically charge $75–150 an hour — and a Season Pass carries a student from finding their story through drafting, feedback, revision, and final review, not just a few appointments.

5 students

$1,875

$2,500 in Season Passes
Margin contributes $625

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10 students

$3,750

$5,000 in Season Passes
Margin contributes $1,250

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20 students

$7,500

$10,000 in Season Passes
Margin contributes $2,500

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40 students

$15,000

$20,000 in Season Passes
Margin contributes $5,000

Partner with Margin to support 40 students →

A different number of students, or more than 40?

The packages above are easy starting points. Partnerships reaching more than 40 students are structured individually, and if you're working from a set budget or a specific number of students, we'll build the partnership around that.

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How the funding works, plainly

Margin is a for-profit company. Your organization's contribution purchases full Season Passes for students; it isn't a charitable donation or a tax-deductible charitable contribution. We'll provide an invoice or receipt for your records.

If a seat goes unredeemed, it rolls over as a seat — a full Season Pass held for your organization next admissions season, not a partial credit. Nothing your organization funds expires unused.

What a seat includes

Real, specific feedback on every draft they write, all season — every college application essay, every scholarship application essay.

See an example feedback pass — Margin's detailed response to a draft a student submitted.

Click to enlarge. Captured from the actual product — see the whole process →

When students need these seats

Many Early Decision and Early Action deadlines fall on or around November 1. Regular decision deadlines run through January, and scholarship deadlines continue into spring.

Earlier is better. A seat does the most good when a student still has room to find their story, draft, and revise rather than only polish — which means the sooner it's in their hands, the more of the writing process it can support. A seat funded later in the fall still does real work; there's writing to be done all season long.

What happens after you partner

1. You choose how many students to support (or work out a custom partnership) and complete payment.

2. We follow up to confirm how seats get allocated — you may already have specific students in mind, or you may want us to work with a partner organization or counselor to identify them. Either way works.

3. We generate access codes and get them where they need to go.

4. Students redeem their code and get full access through the end of the admissions season.

Partnership FAQ

What does it mean that Margin contributes 25%?

A Season Pass is $500 at our standard rate. On every sponsored seat, Margin contributes 25% of that and your organization funds the remaining $375 — for every $3 you put in, Margin puts in $1. The share is the same at every level, so there's no discount curve to work out and no reduced version of the product. Students receive the same full Season Pass whether they're one of five or one of forty.

Is our contribution tax-deductible?

Not as a charitable contribution. Margin is a for-profit company, and your organization is purchasing Season Passes. We'll provide a detailed invoice or receipt for your records, but how the expense is treated is a question for your accountant.

Can we support a different number of students?

Yes. The packages shown are 5, 10, 20, and 40 students, and they're easy starting points rather than the only options. Partnerships above 40 students are structured individually. If you have a different number in mind, or a specific budget you're working within, start a conversation and we'll build something that fits.

What happens if a seat goes unredeemed?

It rolls over as a seat — a full Season Pass held for your organization next admissions season, not a partial credit against what you funded. Seats don't expire unused, so there's no risk of funding access no student ends up using.

Do we choose which students get the seats?

You can — or you can hand that off to us or to a partner organization you already work with. We'll ask you which you'd prefer when we follow up.

Can we pay by invoice instead of card?

Yes. If your organization needs a formal invoice or a check/ACH/PO process instead of paying online, reach out and we'll set that up directly.

What will we know about how the seats were used?

We'll confirm redemption status along the way — how many of your seats have been claimed. At the end of the season, we'll tell you what your partnership made possible: seats redeemed, and aggregate activity across the students you supported wherever we can report it without identifying anyone. You'll never see a student's name, their essays, or anything about how an individual student worked.

Ready to partner with Margin?

Choose a level above, or sponsor students at a custom amount if you've already settled on a figure.

For a custom amount, enter your organization's total. We'll follow up to confirm how many students it reaches, including Margin's share, before any codes are generated.