I think I may start writing mine in August. Should I start earlier so i have more time? Im planning on applying early action.
I wrote all of my essays within a week of their due date. In fact, the EA deadline was extended because of Hurricane Sandy and I didn’t finish until a couple of days into the extended deadline (we got like an extra week).
I’m not saying you should do that, but I think writing a 500 word essay three months (five if RD) early is slightly ridiculous.
I think it is a good time to start. Many people wait too long and don’t really make time to develop ideas well and allow for things that come up that get in the way. But many people operate best under a bit of pressure from a deadline.
I wrote mine a couple weeks ago, as I had a week-long essay writing workshop then.
I’m glad I did this. Having the summer to write it made me a lot less stressed, and now I have time to put it off for a couple months ago and come back to it with a new perspective.