<p>Am I the only one who hasn’t started his essays yet?</p>
<p>I was going to start yesterday, but to give you the short version, I fainted and I have a stiff neck. I can’t turn my head or anything, and it just hurts.</p>
<p>Perfect timing, eh?</p>
<p>This sucks lol.</p>
<p>Has anyone last year started their essay maybe three-four days before the deadline and still make it to a school? (I’m primarily concerned with UCLA/UCB.)</p>
<p>Anyway, uh…</p>
<p>Have fun, I already sent mine.</p>
<p>i just started</p>
<p>Have barely started mine. As I see it, it doesn't matter how much time you give yourself to do the essays as long as they turn out good. I think you still have just as good a chance as you did before you fainted (hope you're feeling better =D).</p>
<p>If you look at the overall picture, you will regret procrastinating on your personal statement when it might have made the difference for you between being accepted and being rejected at a particular UC. Your last 2 years of hard work wasted. Esp. for UCB and UCLA, personal statements play a larger role than the other UCs because they need something else (personal statement) other than grades and list of ECs to differentiate between students. From the Cal orientation, a faculty said they had to reject 4000 students with 4.0s.</p>
<p>Especially for out-of-state students, the competition is already high, the personal statement will make the difference. Your laziness is almost saying, "Hey, I'm too lazy to write the personal statement because I know I'm going to get it done anyways, I don't need time to edit my personal statement so I'll just read it over once before I send it in, and I don't care that I have to compete with thousands of other students to be accepted."</p>
<p>Sure, there are some people who can write something good last minute so this doesn't apply to them. But for the borderline students it does.</p>
<p>Something to think about.</p>
<p>Nice ^ Well written.</p>
<p>I'm a real perfectionist-type and stayed up til 5 am two nights in a row writing and re-writing my essays. I'm finally to the point where I can say they're decent. I think i'm done. i'm kinda sick of them anyway lol. so... compared to most people i started way late.</p>
<p>eassyyy unlimitedx, eassy boy..</p>
<p>Don't worry about the essays. Just write good essays that show your personality and press submit. Just make sure you use correct spelling/grammar/diction and your set.</p>
<p>eddie: dont worry my friend hasnt even started any of his essays and they are due to 31 hours. Did i mention he still has to do his cal state apps. as well as the uc apps by tommorow? and stanford apps due in a week? he is screwed.</p>
<p>unlimitid: u NEED to calm down.</p>
<p>I am calm, I'm simply telling the prospective students to not slack off.</p>
<p>Writing the essay in the last 4 days of the UC deadline is not a good idea....... how can you have your teachers proof read your essay and correct it ?</p>