<p>I started writing mine the summer before 12th grade and I ended up getting into a lot of great schools. Just give yourself as much time as you think you need. If you start early, at least you can redo an essay if you don't like how it's turning out.</p>
<p>Yesterday!</p>
<p>My personal statement was a required junior year English assignment.
It was critically evaluated by my teacher, and I received a lot of guidance from many of my English teachers as to how to make it just right.</p>
<p>In regard to supplemental essays, I wrote one a day over Christmas break, the week before the final deadline.</p>
<p>I was admitted to three top universities, and three top LACs, though I had no such luck with "Ivy League" schools.</p>
<p>We've come across a few titles of these guides.Have any of you found these to be helpful, and if so, which one(s)? Parent of junior this year....</p>
<p>to bookcases - My mother had bought me a college survival guide book, I think that's the name of the series, and one of them was on the college essay, and another one was on colleges in general. I would recommend both of them. </p>
<p>That's the book! And like I said, the series has other books that you may find helpful.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the link! we apprecaite your help.</p>
<p>A great writer (I can't remember his name) once said that if you write something that you think is good, you should keep it away from you for some years and read it again after that. If you still like it, then you must publish it; otherwise, you can just throw it away! I wrote most my college essays just before the deadline. When they were finished, they all seemed very good. But now, after 5 months, when I read them I feel I could have done better if I had started early. You should start as early as you possibly can. In that way you can keep your work away for a while, and if you don't like it that much on the second read, you will still have time to write something else...</p>
<p>Very good advice BB012.</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>