<p>Hey I'm applying SCEA to Princeton this year. I saw in the previous Princeton Common App Writing Section that there was a separate essay for a B.S.E (engineering) degree but I can't find it on the 2014 common app.</p>
<p>Am I missing something? Or did they just take it out?
Also, the only essays I have to write if I do SCEA for Princeton are the common app essay and the 1 Princeton supplement right?
I wasn't sure whether those summer and extra-curricular writing questions count as essays.</p>
<p>Under questions then academics it asks you to choose your degree type(BSE or AB or Undecided). If you choose BSE then another essay on engineering will pop up. It’s not in the supplement portion.</p>
<p>I see thank you.
Also I went to the guided tour today and they mentioned that there are 2 essays for Princeton in addition to the common app essay. (besides the engineering essay)</p>
<p>They said one of them is in the common app supplement but I wasn’t sure what the other essay was about.</p>
<p>From my application last year I only remember writing one essay for Princeton. BSE hopefuls write two, and of course this is in addition to the Common App. Your tour guide may have been referring to the multiple prompts you can select from to write your Princeton-specific essay, he may have been counting the super fun hodgepodge section as an essay, or he may have simply been mistaken.</p>
<p>Get all your essays torn apart by the most vicious and qualified critics you know. This is the last part of your application you still have control over, and it will leave a big impression on the reader. Also, don’t write anything silly except for places like Brown that might appreciate it. I was rejected from only two elite schools, both of which I’d sent a somewhat nonsensical humor piece to. I meant to highlight the breadth of my writing, but in retrospect it was not as clever as I thought it was.</p>
<p>You’re welcome. I’m not saying that humorous essays are inherently bad, they’re just hard to pull off. If the sole purpose of your essay is to make the reader laugh, and the admissions officer has a different sense of humor or is not in a particularly good mood, you’re in trouble. My unsuccessful piece, a colorful story about how I started chasing squirrels, was especially nontraditional. Your essay is your only chance to speak directly to your reader and convince her that you will be an asset to the school. Apparently chasing squirrels doesn’t make you an asset for Yale, go figure.</p>
<p>Hahahaha I think I will write about my experience with my pet chickens. </p>
<p>Oh and is it OK to copy and paste some of the shorter essays (150 words) from one college’s supplement to another’s if the question is the same? Basically all the colleges I am going to apply to ask for a short essay about one of my extra curricular activities and I’m not sure if I’m allowed to send the same essay to all the colleges.
I will definitely write different essays for the “real” essay sections though (500-650 words).</p>