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How old is your yeast? and what's your target OG? I'd say just pitch the yeast unless your yeast is a couple months old and the OG is above 1.060. If you need to make a starter you can make one with LME (I assume that's what you have in your extract kit). Since youre short on time I think a OG...

I think anyone suggesting doing a starter from preboil would be doing so only for all grain (or maybe a grain-heavy partial mash).