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Agree that essays can improve over time but disagree with conclusion. If your kid is a good planner, ED won't be rushed. Deadlines are mostly in November so kids have summer and most of fall. If your kid is not a good planner, the first application, whether the deadline is September or January, will be rushed because many kids use deadlines to plan backwards. They don't get focused until crunch time. And, even if the essays improve over time, spreading them out over a few months helps. [/quote]

Our experience was different.
Definitely submitting better apps than the ED app.  It wasn't about being prepared, or good project management.  The thing that changed and improved is that after filling out other applications, different questions at different schools provoked new insights.  Many T10 schools have similar questions with different accent marks--so after writing the "talk about a conflict" conversation, my DC had different insights about how DC's life experiences shaped them. And so the essays were better.  Another example: applying for the UC schools was GREAT because they ask for no-frills answers, and it really helped to tighten up DC's answers.  The apps after the UC apps are stronger, clearer and more compelling.[/quote]

+100. I thought DCs REA app was strong, but then their finished UC app a month later was even better. He ended up getting accepted to his REA school, so it's too bad about the UCs but those essays were just so good. I can imagine that if he had to apply in RD his apps would continue to get stronger. [/quote]

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