Acceptees - How much time did you spend on your UVA essays?

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<p>I spent 2 hours on the 3 essays... I thought for sure I was gonna get rejected because of my stats and I felt that my rushed essays were the kiss of death. Yet, I got accepted.</p>

<p>I'm just asking this question because I'm intrigued as to how much time most people spent on their essays. I remember I came back to school in September to hear a few other kids talking about how they wrote, re-wrote, re-wrote, and re-wrote their college essays all summer. My procrastinating ways caused me to delay writing the essays until January 1... 10 PM</p>

<p>I'd be surprised if I didn't win the award for kid who procrastinated the most on the essays and still got in.</p>

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<p>I don't remember how much time I spent; I don't evern remember what the essays were. I completed my application in October. I definately didn't start writing any essays or applications until late September/ early October.</p>

3

<p>yea i spent about 2 hours too and fortunately i got in as well :)</p>

4

<p>I spent a long time on those essays...I think I rewrote and rewrote. I'm really meticulous about those things. Or probably I spent a really long time thinking of what to write but not that long writing the actual essays.</p>

5

<p>around 4-5 hours on the last day :)</p>

6

<p>I wrote mine near the beginning of December and worked pretty hard on them, as I recall. Around 3-4 hrs, I'd say, with at least 2 hours devoted to thinking.</p>

7

<p>I can't even count the hours I spent on them... I spent more than a few hours on about 11 out of the 14 essays (total) for all my colleges. I am so glad I did!</p>

8

<p>30 minutes thinking- 2 writing</p>

9

<p>i had approx. 5-6 drafts for the 500 word, and 3-4 drafts for the 250 word essays.</p>

<p>total, probably 4-5 hours.</p>

10

<p>MyS edited his best English class essay from first semester (I thought it was great) for the 500 word. The others he took probably a few hours at most.</p>

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<p>2 days.. 2-3 drafts.
I would've spent a lot more time on them but I was actually on my vacation in korea and I just had these 'events' that just popped up (visiting relatives, visiting friends, going somewhere interesting, meeting up with my friends from home lol) so I couldnt spend much time on them. But in the end, I liked them :)
Oh and I didn't show anyone else. Didnt get the chance for any teachers to proof read them or anything.. And they were kinda personal for my family to read..</p>

12

<p>A few hours...
I rushed most of my essays, but I was really happy with the way my UVa essays turned out.
Unfortunately, I know that rushing other essays led directly to at least one of my rejections.</p>

13

<p>"Unfortunately, I know that rushing other essays led directly to at least one of my rejections."</p>

<p>You know because you called the admissions office and asked why you were rejected?</p>

14

<p>I, like most of you guys, spent around 4-5 hours on the essays. My dad kept pushing me to revise them, I am glad he did. =)</p>

15

<p>Well maybe that was a bit too definitive, but I would stake a large sum of money on it, because I got into some better schools with bigger applicant pools.</p>

16

<p>started in the summer-
gradually refined the idea and periodically improved the essay.
in the end- it paid off..... as got into the honors program at UVA</p>

17

<p>practically no time. I butchered a couple of essays for other schools to fit the prompt/word constraints, and the others...I don't even know. I guess it worked out OK, though.</p>

18

<p>Used others for two....</p>

<p>and my CAS essay I spent about 20 minutes writing whatever came to my mind.... and it was about angry girl music.</p>

<p>It might have been pretty bad, but it was different, very very different...</p>

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<p>i was proud of my essay for the guillotine quote which i rewrote only once and with very few changes. the 500 word was my common app one and it got rewritten probably 4 times and has a few more changes (obviously). the 250 engineering one i wrote i had some trouble with. total, the three essays probably took about 6-7 hours which is a lot for me. i bang essays off usually</p>