<p>All I've done so far (Common App.) is filled in the basics. And that was like 3 weeks ago. Haha.</p>
<p>Did anybody start writing their essays yet? I think I'll start next week. Sitting on a computer for god knows how many hours in July does not work. August will be much better.</p>
<p>i wrote an essay but its 800-900 words long, so i'm waiting for the school year to start...i need teachers' help cutting it down</p>
<p>I'm going to start my essays very soon hopefully. I'm sort of brain dead right now so nothing very smart is going through my mind.</p>
<p>That's crazy all, it's times like these I'm glad I found out about this site so late in the game or else I would have felt horrible about starting my applications post-Thanksgiving, but w/e, at least those times are over and good luck seniors :)</p>
<p>I wrote one essay, checked the word count and it was exactly 500 words long! How's that for luck? ;) It probably will change after editing though. I'm not sure if I really like my essay :( I'm starting to get really nervous about applying.</p>
<p>i want to start mine, hafta get one app in by november 1st!</p>
<p>Ditto here about the basic info and the essays...
I've got two essays written already, but I haven't put them on the actual application yet because I need my teachers to edit them for me. </p>
<p>I've been spazzing about college for about a month now... as in, hardcore, have nightmares about not making it in anywhere. Anybody with me?</p>
<p>i haven't really started mine, but i had to throw together an essay to appease the GCs in like may but i don't like it so either i'll have to make major changes or just write a different one.</p>
<p>I've started writing my essay, which is already really long and not even finished. It's not for a standard school though, the one I want to attend puts an emphasis on the essay and recommendations, so I guess it should be longer.</p>
<p>I've done everything... except the essays and giving teachers recs. =P</p>
<p>do all colleges require essay, or do some not?</p>
<p>All selective colleges require an essay. DannyLS3, what school are you writing your essay for?</p>
<p>I've started my essay finally. It seems like it is going to be way longer than 500 words though because I spent so much time on the introduction. I hope they don't mind if its like 600-650 words instead.</p>
<p>i have filled out Common App basics
i just did one of the short answer for U Chicago
i wrote an essay, but i need to edit (or let a teacher read it)
oh, in case anyone's interested UGA (my safety) doesnt require an essay OR teacher recs for EA! (or at least it looks that way)</p>
<p>i filled out common app basics too.</p>
<p>i have a personal essay i've used for scholarships and stuff that i want to brush up on but it's on my other computer so i can't edit/read/etc. yet. and that computer is 3000 miles away. rawr.</p>
<p>i want stanford's app but it's not up yet. they said mid-aug.</p>
<p>I've already gotten into two schools I've applied to without any essay. The third school I've applied to I had to write a short personal statement that was maybe 100 words long probably. My big one will come when the application comes out for the United States Military Academy.</p>
<p>Nope! I don't even have a sure list of colleges I'll be applying to. I'm having trouble picking out safety schools. =/ Maybe I'll start a new thread asking for advice on how to do just that.</p>
<p>I can't wait to write the essays!</p>
<p>hops_scout - which schools were those?</p>
<p>I haven't filled in any applications yet, but I did get a commonapp account. I've been thinking about the essays mostly. I started writing one just to get used to writing essays that I might use for a free choice. I also started some drafts of essays for UVa's prompts.</p>
<p>i picked some of the schools i wanna apply to. thats all i did so far.</p>
<p>theoneo, I've applied to Blackburn College (<a href="http://www.blackburn.edu%5B/url%5D">www.blackburn.edu</a>) and Southeast Missouri State (<a href="http://www.semo.edu)%5B/url%5D">www.semo.edu)</a>. I completed both of their applications online.</p>