Honest advisor reviews,
with real privacy protection
In a small lab, one critical review identifies you. Rate Your Advisor is built differently — verified reviews where your email is never connected to your ratings, with thresholds that protect small lab members.
Currently available for US institutions (.edu) only — international expansion coming soon.
How we protect your privacy
Email never linked to review
Your email verifies your affiliation — then is stored separately with no technical connection to your ratings or written review.
Small lab protection
Ratings are hidden until 5+ reviews exist, and category breakdowns require 10+. You can't be singled out as the only critical voice.
No accounts, no profiles
No login, no persistent profile. Your email is stored only to prevent duplicate reviews — never to build a history of what you've said.
Example Advisors
Demo onlyProfessor Albus Dumbledore
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Transfiguration
Magic & Alchemy
Professor Charles Xavier
Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mutant Studies
Dr. Indiana Jones
Marshall College
Ancient Civilizations
Archaeology
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Transfiguration Theory
Transfiguration
Professor Gandalf Grey
UnverifiedMiddle-earth University
Pre-Third Age Studies
Ancient History
Built for the realities of research
Ten dimensions that actually matter in a PhD or postdoc advising relationship — not just an overall score.
Mentorship Quality
Intellectual Independence
Career Support
Communication Clarity
Publication & Credit Fairness
Lab Culture
Work-Life Balance
Funding Transparency
Resource & Travel Support
Overall Recommendation
Verify your affiliation
Use your institutional .edu email to confirm you worked with this advisor. It's the only thing your email is used for.
Rate across 10 dimensions
Score categories designed specifically for research advising — from funding transparency to intellectual independence.
Protected by design
Your email verifies affiliation but is never connected to your ratings in our database. Ratings stay hidden until enough reviews exist to protect small lab members.
Why Rate Your Advisor exists
Graduate students and postdocs make career-defining decisions about advisors with almost no reliable information. Power dynamics in academia make honest feedback risky — especially in small labs where a single critical voice is easily identified. Rate Your Advisor was built to change that: real signal, real protection, built for the people who need it most.