College is Done (For 25 More Days)

In English class this week, we are working on essays about Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. Since we are done with the book, we are able to write about anything we want this week. I did some thinking and I realized that Winesburg, Ohio is not the only thing I finished last week; I also finished my Early Action round of applications. It is a very weird feeling to have put so much effort over the past three months into my college applications and, then, just be done with them and have to wait for results.So I figured, what better way to deal with being done with applications, then to spend my time not working on college essays writing about college.

College has been the primary focus for me this fall, especially the last few weeks. I have spent countless hours writing countless drafts of countless essays and questions. In terms of writing skills, this process has been very unique because of how  much time and revisions have gone into a single essay. By the time I had submitted my common app essay, I had gone through about eight drafts, not even including the many I started at the beginning of the process, but threw out because the topic was terrible. This is literally more drafts than I have written for the rest of my high school career combined. This focus on perfection was a new and difficult challenge, but definitely payed off in my final application. I finally applied to college and now can just relax (aka wait in agony for decisions in December). But then I realize that I have 1400 words in supplements due on December 1 for BU, so this weekend it is back to college essay writing mode.