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Projects

Each project holds your write-up plus two upload bins — Slides (used in interview practice) and Files (papers, data, notes). Pick a project when you run an interview or draft emails.

New project

New here? Load a ready-made sample and run a mock interview in one click — no typing.

Practice coach

Full interview (scores at the end) or single-question drills. Voice first — typing available anytime.

Project:its write-up & slides feed the interview

Presets

Load a saved setup first — or scroll down to save/update after you tweak settings.

Starting…

Mode

Your project (paste everything useful)

The coach will also probe related approaches / ideas from the broader topic — not only what you wrote.

Slideshow (optional)

Upload a PPTX, PDF, or PNG/JPG images. Flip through them during the interview like a real talk.

PPTX/PDF → practice slides (max 20 pages, ~15MB). For pixel-perfect slides, export PDF from PowerPoint/Keynote.

How should this go?

Mic stays open until “I’m done speaking.” Edit the transcript before Send.

Save / update preset

Done tweaking? Save this setup, or update the preset you loaded above.

Saves brief, special instructions, interview options, and cold-email filters. Slides stay on Profile.

Practice log

Past interviews and drills — pick a session to review scores.

Sessions

No sessions yet.

Select a session on the left to see questions and feedback.

Recent drills

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Profile

This is about you — it personalizes your emails and interview coaching. Your research write-ups live under Projects.

Cold email

Find professors in your research area, rank by fit, and open a ready-to-edit template for each — written in a human student voice (like a real successful outreach email).

Project:its write-up is used to personalize emails

Quick load preset

Create/save presets from the Interview tab. Loading applies brief + outreach filters here too.

Find professors

No files yet.

LabBound can’t send email for you — copy the template into Gmail/Outlook and attach these files there. Drafts will mention them.

Uses OpenAlex. Public emails auto-fill when found; otherwise open their lab page.

Professors

Run a search to populate.

Details

Click a name to see overview, links, and email template.

Go Pro

20 mock interviews a month, the voice coach, and 50 professor searches. $99/year (≈ $8/mo) or $19/month. Already paid? Paste your access code below.

Admin · access codes

Your fulfillment desk. Someone pays on Stripe → mint a single-use code here → send it to them. Each code unlocks once and can't be shared.

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