Changing common app essay?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey. </p>

<p>So I have this problem: I just edited some things of my CommonApp essay AFTER I submitted it to the colleges I applied to. Most of them had deadlines on 01/01/2014</p>

<p>I sent them an email asking if I could change my CommonApp essay and send them an improved version on email.
However, I am afraid this will SEVERELY hurt my application. Like, they will think bad of me.
It's true I had months to prepare my essay, and I was positive that my essay was amazing.
I mean, it's ok/good, but I just found a way to make it even better, but I don't know if asking for an essay change can give a bad image of me.</p>

<p>Is it a good idea?</p>

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<p>No, it’s not a good idea. There’s a deadline so that all applicants can play under the same rules.</p>

<p>Will it hurt your application? I don’t know, hopefully they will just see the request, ignore it and move on.</p>

<p>For the ones with later deadlines, it’s still not a good idea, once you submit, your application is complete.</p>

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<p>I sent all my colleges an email asking if I could send my essay again…</p>

<p>So even if they agree for me to send them the essay, I should just ignore them?</p>

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<p>Most schools are fine with you sending a new copy if you really, really, really, really need to change it. Although be careful which schools. I’d say Ivies won’t take too kindly to it. Might say yes to sending it, but won’t reflect positively. Schools like grinnell, Coe, etc lower tier will be happy to accept it.</p>