<p>I’m having trouble with all the files and folders for my essays. There are like 32 different essays I have to write - this is killing me. I just found a website that says it gives you all the essay requirements and organizes your drafts: zoomita(dot)com. Has anyone else used this?</p>
<p>32 essays?? How many schools are you applying to? </p>
<p>That’s a ton of work. The only advice that I can give you is to reuse some of your essays for different colleges. I know this sounds dumb but I think that’s what most people would end up doing if anyone had to write that any essays. </p>
<p>And to answer you question, nope never used that website. </p>
<p>My kid used a spreadsheet to track them all by school or scholarship, question,due date, and current status. She set up a folder structure with a folder for each college (kept essays, but also things like copies of emails sent to colleges), and a separate one for scholarships. She versioned her essays by adding v1, v2, v3, etc on the end of each version as she went through drafts, and put - FINAL on the end of the last one.</p>
<p>This, of course, is why people don’t recommend applying to more than about 10 schools. If you have chose safety, match, reach schools appropriately, there is little reason to apply to more. Otherwise it is just a dart board approach. And wait until you are trying to keep track of the FA paperwork – essays are a piece of cake to track compared to that. </p>
<p>okay, update re: zoomita - it’s friggin awesome. This is actually exactly what I need. Way, way better than a spreadsheet. I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about it here.</p>