Planning to apply this fall cycle, what’s an appropriate timeline for application preparation (LORs, essays, etc.)? Have taken the GMAT already.

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Depends on how many schools you are planning on applying to R1, but for reference I did 4 schools and started three months before the R1 deadline. Worked on one of the more general essays first, reached out to recommenders three months in advance, and crafted talking points to align with my story for them and sent to them two months before the deadline.

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