<p>I wasn't sure if there was a thread going on for essay topics, so I made one. Just mention the topic(s) you are pursuing. </p>
<p>If you're doing a common application for several different schools, should you send different essays or stick with one?</p>
<p>I'm doing how the lessons I've gained from running helped clear my perspectives on life.</p>
<p>which colleges are you planning to apply to?
because your topic sounds a lot like mine.. =/</p>
<p>i'm thinking of...
Wesleyan
Tufts
Uconn
Yale
Columbia
perhaps NYU</p>
<p>How about you? Did u write on the same topic??</p>
<p>mine are penn, cornell, tufts, villanova, uconn, binghamton, possibly rpi
phew, it looks like we only have overlap at tufts. it won't matter at uconn</p>
<p>yeah i wrote my essay about how learning how to be successful at running has helped me in life, specifically pacing my races. i think we should be fine though</p>
<p>If you're doing the CommonApp, just stick with one. That's the whole point of it - to reduce your application workload. If a college asks for a supplementary essay, you can porbably write 1-3 broad enough to fit the topics of ~12 colleges.</p>
<p>I agree that using the same main essay can really help reduce workload, but I changed it a little depending on the college, just added a sentance or two specific to each university. That didn't take much extra effort, but I think universities really appreciate the extra little touch - it shows that you're serious about their school and you aren't just sending out the application because "hey, it's CommonApp and it's easy and everyone applies to 53 and a half million schools anyways".</p>
<p>^That's fine too. I didn't bother doing so (I didn't even know you could submit different essays). Even if I had known that I could submit different essays it probably wouldn't have worked for me. I talked about my desk--my entire essay focused on the importance of my desk. So including a sentence or two specific to a university would have detracted from my essay. Just a consideration. Don't just include a reference to university if it's just totally random.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's true... for me I talked about the progression of a specific one of my interests, so it just felt natural for me to write a line or two about how I would use specific resources at the university, or what I would attempt to do there (I’d already done that research when making my university list anyways). You know your essay best; never take someone else's advice if it doesn't jive with your own gut feelings.</p>
<p>darn I'm using running, too! How I went from a 12 minute mile to a 5:40 minute mile and such. Well, I don't think I'm applying to any of your schools so don't worry about my "competition" :)</p>
<p>Okay so I won’t be applying for college until another 2 or 3 years from now. However, I was wondering if someone could give me a general idea of the essay topics asked at admissions? Specifically for universities like UCSD, Harvard, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, etc.</p>