<p>I wrote a really good essay for MIT/UC application and I want to use it as my main common app essay. I would have to do the "choose your own topic" prompt for the essay.</p>
<p>Do I have to state what my prompt is? If so, will the colleges get mad if my "own topic" is exactly the same as the MIT prompt?</p>
<p>yea just puting heading and no the colleges wont get mad just put a heading like 'My trip to Europe'</p>
<p>It's probably best not to write out the prompt explicitly -- that may come off as a little formulaic. A title is fine, but the best titles are usually not too descriptive... "A Day to Remember" > "The Day My XC Team Won States". The reader should infer your topic as they read your essay (preferably toward the beginning, though there are of course exceptions).</p>