<p>lets say i have an app due today to a safety school that I can write a subpar essay on, but I want to spend more time on one that is due Friday. Can I submit my common app to one school tonight, then to another school on Friday?</p>
<p>Common App locks all of your info (including the essay) once you submit your first application.</p>
<p>I think you’d have to make a new Common App account.</p>
<p>You can make a separate version. Write the “subpar” essay and submit it to that school first, then you have to logout and go to a certain link. Just click on the “Instructions” link, it’ll tell you how to do it step-by-step. I did this for one of my safeties, too, so I know it works. :P</p>