<p>I was always taught to write in the present tense, but then again I never really wrote an essay about myself like this. So is it acceptable for a common app essay to be written in the present or should it be in the past tense?</p>
<p>I was always taught to write in the present tense, but then again I never really wrote an essay about myself like this. So is it acceptable for a common app essay to be written in the present or should it be in the past tense?</p>