Com app. Personal essay question

College Essays
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<p>"Please provide a statement (250 words minimum) that addresses your reasons for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve."</p>

<p>How did people approach this? Did you write specifics about the current school you were applying for, like saying "By transfering to ____ University I hope to...because they offer..." or did people make it more general by saying what they hope to get out of transfering that could be applied to any university? Some schools already have a supplement question that is eerily similar to the Common App. Personal Essay, so what have people done?
Am I making sense? Probably not, so here is the basic question....</p>

<p>WHAT ARE PEOPLE WRITING? Of course any examples would be greatly welcomed (you can PM me), but I'm not sure how realistic that is to ask for.</p>

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<p>anyone?...</p>

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Did you write specifics about the current school you were applying for

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<p>I don't know what other people are writing. You are wise imo, though, to write as specifically as you can about each individual school to which you apply. A comment that </p>

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could be applied to any university

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<p>is a comment that imo is insufficiently helpful at any particular university.</p>