MyStupidChudSplitterLife '25–'26 app cycle

While applying early is important, you should write the application materials for your most desired schools LAST! The more essays you write, the better you’ll get at writing them. If you can, try to write them all at once in the summer, and refine them all as your last step before submitting. Obviously I applied later in the cycle. Regardless of when you submit, you will get better at writing about yourself the more you’ve written.