<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>