<p>Not the smartest of questions, I know...but I'm finding myself to be a little bit lost as to what I should be doing right now. </p>
<p>I did start some essay writing during the summer, but I feel like I'm kind of in some weird college application limbo where I feel like I should be doing something...yet, I'm not. </p>
<p>No siblings to take example from, and I think that my friends are just sitting on their butts. But, they're the procrastinator type, and I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible.</p>
<p>Suggestions, thoughts?
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Work on your common app essays - those prompts should be the same every year and if they change, well there’s always the “Topic of your choice” one. Start thinking about what you want to write about for UW - the essay topics come out with the application on Oct 1. </p>
<p>The prompts are always about diversity … or something that you’ve experienced, how you learned from it, etc… so keep that in mind. The Honors essays, if you do plan on applying, are pretty different every year.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you finish writing up the extra curricular activities / honors (or awards) section. Basically, you get to choose 5 activities and you write 1) What activity it is, 2) Your role, 3) How it impacted you 4) What you got out of it.</p>
<p>I grouped together some of my activities - for example, I was very active with my Church, not only with my youth ministry, but with other things (ie. journalism for newsletter) so my “activity” was “<name of=”" religious=“” organization=“”>". And then I described everything I did, what I got out of it, how it changed me, etc.</name></p>
<p>This section is a part along with the essays that I cannot stress enough is important to be very thorough in; many people just say “Varsity Basketball” “Captain” “I played for my high school for four years.” and that’s it. UW won’t learn anything about you except that you have some talent in basketball and somehow you were Captain (was it seniority, elections, coach chose you?).</p>
<p>But yeah, mostly you can work on that, and then hang on tight for the application writing process later =P</p>
<p>Although UW doesn’t accept recommendation letters (unless you’re applying to the honors college) you should ask your teachers to write your rec letters. Doing that early can save a lot of hassle before everyone else realizes that they need to get them.</p>
<p>In terms of UW, like the poster above commented work on the essays! I’ve talked with many people before me who either got in or were rejected and told me the writing section is the most important, so don’t procrastinate. Btw, I am going to UW so I can vouch for all the above. Good luck!</p>
<p>I applied as a transfer, so the essay doesn’t change. However, I did a lot of different versions. This ended up serving me well when I started to apply for scholarships because I had plenty of material to choose from. </p>
<p>Essay’s are really important so work hard.</p>