Are common app questions the same year to year?

College Essays
1

<p>I noticed some people already prepping for the common app. Do their 6 topic choice stay the same every year?</p>

2

<p>Yes, they are the same as last year; I already got sent a copy of the 2011-2012 CommonApp from Harvard so I know for sure the essays didn’t change.</p>

3

<p>guess i should have looked at that packet more thoroughly =/</p>