I’m writing for the Common App and various other schools like Cornell, Vanderbilt, UW etc… Wondering if anyone would care to help me out?
Those deadlines are long gone. It’s a little too soon to write essays for next year, IMO. You have another six months or so of experieinces and growing to do before the next application cycle begins. That’s quite a long time in the life of a teen. I would wait at least until the end of the school year if I were you.
And IMO when the time comes it is best to ask a trusted English to review your essays.
I wrote my essays a month before applications, your creative flow might be screwed up stretching the writing process over 6 months.