Write Your College Essays

Write Your College Essays June 13, 2012 The time is now to start to write your college essays! Not tomorrow. Now. Start typing. Now that school is out for summer, its time to start to write your college essays! You no longer have schoolwork and studying to use as an excuse. Now is the perfect time to begin the process of brainstorming exactly what youre going to write about for college admissions counselors to read. And then once youre done brainstorming, its time to start actually typing those essays! If you wait until the fall, youll be inundated with schoolwork all over again and youll be sorry you didnt take advantage of the summer months to write possibly the most important essays youll ever write. While five years ago, students who applied to highly selective colleges tended to apply to 9 to 12 universities, students now often apply to as many as 15 colleges. And there are even some students who apply to the maximum number of colleges allowed by the Common App. That would mean that they apply to 20 colleges. Yes, you read that figure correctly! And if youre wondering, we at Ivy Coach think applying to 20 colleges is completely over the top. But even if youre applying to, say, 12 to 15 colleges, know that youve got a whole lot of college essays ahead of you to write. In addition to the two essays on the Common App, many highly selective colleges have supplemental   essays. In fact, some of the highly selective colleges have as many as 5 or 6 supplemental essays! So dont think just because youve knocked out the two Common App. essays that youre done. Youre a long way from done. Youre closer to just getting started! So start brainstormingand start writing your college essays! Now. Seriously.