ESSAY 一定要等考完GMAT才开始写吗

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tongxun

Thanks！

Peace

请教两个问题：

我打算申请美国的学校， 预计会在八月中旬考完GMAT。

我现在已挑出了三所美国的学校， 包括后备的中欧， 大概要准备四家学校的申请材料。

我想请问一下，两个月内全职准备这些材料，时间够不够？

另，我希望能在十月中旬寄出材料，能否赶上第一轮申请？

谢谢各位指教！

M012Smile

个人觉得，一般申请，第一轮、第二轮都是可以的，没有什么区别。所以，千万不要为了赶时间而耽误了质量。质量永远是第一位的。

同时，在时间的安排上，很难说你的时间够不够。申请的第一步应该是在于自我的定位。正如文章中所说，你是否对自己的过去已经思考清楚，对自己将来也有了很好的规划。因为，所写的Essay都是围绕着如何Sell yourself的。所以，如果没有想清楚，即使文笔再好，几篇Essay也不会有整体感。

另外，还想提醒一点，千万不要把任何学校作为Backup。很多人进了Top的School，却被一些Backup的学校给Ding了。任何一所学校的竞争都很激烈，更何况象中欧这样的小班级学校。所以，心里上一定要做好准备。

Good Luck

Peace

非常感谢 M012Smile！

google

我觉得早点开始的好，特别是上班很忙的XDJM们。我的同事去年老不急，结果后来工作突然很忙，两三个月都抽不时间来，最后匆匆忙忙的搞了几下ESSAY就寄了。我觉得受的影响还是很大的。如果准备充分一点录取的情况应该会好些。
反正都是要做的，ESSAY晚写不如早写。可惜我现在GMAT还没有考，俗话说，一心不可二用，烦!