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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started during that time period (junior year)  for my current college student and it was late….

My 2 cents below:

It takes 6+ months to get up to speed with the books; podcasts; FB groups; this board; examining your school’s data.

Your kid should start their “inventory” (20+ idea paragraphs with interesting hooks and topic sentences) of essays this May or June at latest and continue to refine after that.

Work on personal essay with essay coach or through a workshop (how much guidance does kid need)?

Personal essay and activities for common app finalized in August - continue to apply for scholarships or awards to list in the meanwhile.

Supp essays will take the most time from Sept- forward. Good essay coach is key and most important if you’ve already gotten a balanced list.

[b]Finding “good” supp essay examples has been harder than you might think?[/b]

FB groups:
I belong to a bunch- Application Nation (imo worth it); college Admissions Experts by Ingenius Prep; college admissions experts by great college advice; and college planning for parents of high school students (run by a former MI AO).

Older kid at an Ivy and got in RD. That app was the last app that kid submitted and the essays were the strongest.

Current senior: we did not hire a private college counselor this time, but used various essay editing services and found them to be generally very helpful. After being deferred ED, kid applied to more schools RD. 20 total. Apps going in today have quite possibly the strongest supplements I’ve ever read anywhere. Actually have an emotional hook…one made me sit back.

It takes a LOT of time to learn to write this way. And for the people say that a lot of it is copy and repeat that will not work for selective top 20 schools. For one of my kids essays everything written that will be submitted today was brand new. It needs to go sooo deep. Hard to copy and repeat and make it more than ehhh.

Hope that helps. Good luck. [/quote]

Would you mind posting the links or actual ones you thought were good?  Thanks![/quote]

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