Summer and College Essays

Summer and College Essays May 3, 2012 Rising seniors, summer is the perfect time to write your college essays. Dont let it pass you by without writing these important statements! For rising seniors, summer is the perfect time to write your college essays. Youre off from school. Youre not studying for tests, youre not writing papers for AP classes, and youre not going to school for several hours each weekday. While you shouldnt allot all of your time this coming summer to writing college essays (as you should have a great activity that further relays your story to admissions officers in order to stand out from the pack of applicants), there is no better time to sit by your computer and get to work writing those essays. After all, youre going to have to write a personal statement, an activity essay, and a host of other supplemental essays for the many schools to which youll be applying in the coming year. So often, students choose to not start their college essays until the school year begins. That is a major mistake! You simply wont have the time to devote to making these essays powerful during the school year. Youre too inundated with your schoolwork that you cant devote the attention to your college essays that they deserveand that you deserve! College essays are a key component of what is ultimately going to decide your admission fate! Its difficult to do them well at midnight in between cramming for an AP Physics test and writing a paper on Don Quixote. So start thinking about what you want to write about in your personal statement. Start brainstorming. Dont start writing your essay right away. Think about exactly what you have to say, what you want to say. And then think about some more things you have to say or want to say. Because the first idea that runs through your head may well not be a good one. Its one of the college counseling services we provide we help our students brainstorm essays that will make powerful, memorable statements to college admissions officers. So, dont forget start writing your college essays this summer. Get them over with. Give them the time they deserve. Give them alone time when schoolwork wont get in the way. Its the right move.