<p>september is around the corner and my friends are freaking out about their college apps. They've already finished their essays and actually one of my friends who graduated last year told me he finished EVERY SINGLE ONE of his apps to all the colleges he was applying to before school started. And he was STILL panicking and extremely busy etc. </p>
<p>I dont know but i havent started any apps/essays. and I think its weird that i'm not so nervous or freaking out.</p>
<p>Isn't this weird? why do people freak out during college apps season? and should i be starting my essays right now? uh oh.</p>
<p>start thinking about them, get some books that tell you how to write college essays books. I liked this one: On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance and the College of your Choice
by Harry Bauld
I imagine most of the apps your friends filled out won't get them too far. There is technique involved in presenting yourself to a college. You can't just list a laundry list of activities and write an essay that starts with: "Since I can remember I've always wanted to be a scientists/politician/at harvard/etc..." Start doing your research now, but give yourself plenty of time per application and essay.</p>
<p>I think it depends on how many schools you are applying to, their deadlines, and your enthuse to apply. I'm in the opposite situation where I am slowly working on applications/scholarships/essays (and have been for several months) but my friends will not probably start until October.. or much later. For people starting early AND are in a panic.. that's nuts. The whole idea of getting a jumpstart is so you're not like that when deadlines and other events draw closer.</p>
<p>im also not freaking out. i started some essays over the summer, but still in the process of revising. im only applying to a few uc's (hoping to get into ucla) im still vague on the application process...but i guess it will clear up with time.</p>
<p>I was like that a few days ago. And then I had a long conversation with my boyfriend about how far my family has come in this lifetime. After that I realized that there is a lot more to life than getting into college. And that I will not die if i don't get into my top choice school. Yes, I'm going to be unhappy, but maybe I can deal with that. At least that's what I thought after that conversation. It really helped put things into perspective. I was actually started thinking about my college application in a much calmer way after that. I've become increasingly nervous after that again, but I'm not as nervous as I was before. I guess that I just have to ground myself all over again. Maybe I'll go do some pilates. lol. I like pilates. Or maybe I should meditate all the time just to release the stress. I'm getting off topic, though.</p>
<p>I haven't started my applications yet, but it seems to me that they would go better if i was relaxed than if i was stressed out. So don't worry about being relaxed about applying. I'm sure that your applications will come more naturally to you because of that. And that's a really good thing. Don't freak out!</p>
<p>yeah i'm a total perfectionist when it comes to writing so i can't have them done until the last minute... lol. but it's good to be researching and thinking about topics. you don't need them done yet, but just get an idea of what it's all about.</p>
<p>Let's just say that I jammed all my stuff into my online application at midnight and worked my bum off till about 4:30 in the morning and then asked my counselor to read my essays the next day. She really liked them and so did everybody else who read them - they said that it just pinpoints who I am and that it does it from a completely new viewpoint so that's a good thing. Just do what you believe shows YOU best of all. I've tried reading books on essay-writing and all that stuff, but it doesn't help at all! All the samples I found don't reflect me well as a person so I'm just gonna risk doing it my way. And if I don't get into my #1 college, at least I had fun at 2 in the morning fumbling with a printer cartridge and having to print on bright blue paper cuz I ran outta white sheets! :P</p>
<p>It doesn't matter......i haven't started either.
I have my SATIIs on nov.4th....so i wanted to concentrate on those until then and then start with the application stuff after nov.4, which still leaves me with about 2 months... more than enough</p>