When/How To Start Prepping for Writing College Essays

You’re a rising sophomore, right? FAR too early for all these concerns. You need to get through more years of hs, commit to the right ECs, grow more, and refine your wants.

My kids wrote theirs in early December, for RD, and late October, for an 11/15 ED deadline. No need to be finalizing anything now. You aren’t even close.

But what you should do is make sure you know what your targets look for. In the end, that’s far more bang for your buck, along with true hs performance, than all this worry and hand wringing about the What Ifs. In fact, top colleges aren’t fond of hand wringers who get so consumed by college targets so early. Read up.