Leaving your academic essays for the last minute is never a good idea. Regardless of the fact, many students tend to leave the majority of their work to do the week or a few days before they are due. This puts a huge amount of stress and pressure on students to perform and can have a negative affect on their grades. The good news is that it’s possible to write an academic essay in a week, it does help if you are somewhat prepared with research and notes though. So you have seven days to get your academic writing completed. Don’t wait another moment longer.

Day 7 & 6  – Get yourself organized. Find all your notes that you’ve made related to your topic. Locate any books that you have used or will want to use. Get reading. Skim read chapter summaries and introductions to get an idea as to whether something is useful in there for you. Take more notes. Prepare all this information so that it can be used to write your academic essay. Start your outline, what is it that you want your academic essay to say? You’ve only got seven days so you need to do as much as possible in a short space of time.

Day 5 & 4 – Start writing. Follow your outline and write up a draft of your academic essay. Remember to use references and multiple resources. Most professors require a large number of resources to be used and referenced, so make sure that you have read widely. Once you’ve done a rough draft of your academic essay, check it to see whether it needs more research or information.

Day 3 – Time to work on your first draft. Remember to never give in your first draft. You need to work on it to make it the best it can be, and that’s not even possible for the best writers out there. Read through the information that you have. Add extra bits and pieces that will make your academic essay stronger. Put them in the essay and see how it all reads and looks like on paper. If you need to do any extra research, do it now.

Day 2 – Edit your academic essay. Make sure that you have answered the question correctly. That you have used the correct reference style required by your professor or university. Check your academic essay for grammar, vocabulary and punctuation. Does it make coherent sense? Does it follow the guidelines?

Day 1 – Last day to hand in your academic essay. You’ve done it. You’ve written the essay in one week. Pat yourself on the back. Give it one last read through to check for any mistakes that may have been overlooked. Your academic essay should be well written and ready to hand in.

Katarzyna Radzka