are both essays required for commonapp?

[azngirl06]

<p>I am using the commonapp but I was wondering if both the $10 essay and the most influential course essay were required or "highly suggested." I only want to do the $10 one...but would that be ok or would it disadvantage me in some way?</p>

[mdkeung]

<p>As laxfan would say, read old threads!!</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=121720%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=121720&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For an official answer:</p>

<p><a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://hopkins.typepad.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>