<p>What's your way of doing apps?
do you plan to fill out all the forms first and do the essays, or vise versa?
Do you plan to complete app for each school or do little by little of each school?</p>
<p>A lot of the essays that different colleges use are very similar, so compile the essays of all the schools you want to apply to and see what the topics are. You may not have to write X number of essays, but rather write a couple really good ones, and the piece the others together.</p>