CommonApp Essays Procrastination

Do you want to apply to college?

If you don’t actually want to go to college, stop stressing and think of your post grad plans. You can get a job, go to trade school or join the military. If you do want to go to college, but aren’t really sure about where to apply, go to CC and transfer after a year or two. You won’t need an essay for CC. By the time you apply to transfer, you should have a clearer idea of your goals.

There are some very helpful posts on how to write these essays. Look at the pinned posts at the top of the College Essay page.

I also suggest you read this post: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2199521-parents4parents-crafting-college-essays-ask-me-anything-p1.html

Don’t sit down and try to write a whole essay. That’s like trying to scale a big mountain, and it’s daunting. For now, just write down a few random ideas, a few words, or a sentence or two. Wait a few hours. Go back to the ideas. Which ideas still interest you? Add a few more words or another sentence. Wait a bit longer. Which idea is the winner? Using that idea, keep adding more words. Start trying to organize the sentences into an essay. Wait a bit. Add a bit more. Do this over the course of a day, or a couple of days. Hopefully you will get an essay out of this. Good luck.