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Early app with one PS or later with PS & DS?

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:19 pm
by boosk
URM-MA 165/3.56,

Just wanted to get some opinions on whether it would be better to send my app in super early with only one essay (the PS) or to wait til I can craft a good 2nd essay (the DS)... My personal statement does contain many diversity issues (immigration, heritage), so this could actually become my DS if I decide to write another essay. However, these types of essays take me a while to write/revise/perfect so I'm not so sure of what I should do.

I'm targeting Penn with an ED, whose apps come out on Sept 1st...

Re: Early app with one PS or later with PS & DS?

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:25 pm
by fltanglab
Uh...write faster? Sorry if that wasn't helpful, but there's a full two weeks before September 1 and another two weeks after that before Sept 15. I'm sure you've written essays faster for a class.

Re: Early app with one PS or later with PS & DS?

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:30 pm
by freestallion
I agree, you can finish the PS and DS in the next 2.5 weeks if you set your mind to it.

Re: Early app with one PS or later with PS & DS?

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:53 pm
by Samara
As they said, git er done! That said, Oct 15 is, practically speaking, no earlier than Sept 15.