If you had five months to study for final exams, wouldn’t that be more than enough time to prepare? Would you ever let yourself put it off until the night before?
For the class of 2012, your college application deadlines are about five months away. Don’t let yourself end up in a position where you’re scrambling to write your essays the night before, or begging a teacher to write a letter of rec just one week before the deadline, or wishing you had just a little more time to think about the short answer questions. There’s plenty of time between now and then to do this process right, with as little stress as possible.