<p>i'm faced with a dilemma now. basically, i have three essays, two of which overlap in one of the paragraphs.</p>
<p>lets say these two essays that kinda overlap are essay A and essay B.
the third one with a completely different subject is essay C.</p>
<p>i thought i could choose which essay to put on the common app for each different college, but i guess i have to designate an essay specifically for the common app personal statement right?</p>
<p>for Harvard, I wanted to use my best two essays--A for the common app, and C for the supplement.</p>
<p>the thing is, essay B is for the Cornell and Brown supplements, and i was planning to use essay C for the common app, but now i'd end up using essay A for the common app in order to comply with my selection for harvard.</p>
<p>SO, as a result, i'd have this conclusion paragraph that basically repeats itself. the actual topic of the essays are pretty different, it's just that the future goals i talk about in the conclusion are the same.</p>
<p>now, i'd like to know--is it bad if i repeat myself in two different essays? or will they hopefully treat them as two separate essays?</p>
<p>Why not submit common app to Harvard with essay whatever as your personal statement... and then by magic (i.e. delete, copy and paste), change the common app essay to the one intended for Cornell and Brown?</p>
<p>i can't do that right?
the instructions on commonapp lists:
Please note: Once the application has been successfully submitted, you will not be able to electronically edit any part of it.</p>
<p>Submit to Cornell and Brown only. Once you've done that, you can copy the submitted application and submit to Harvard, with the necessary changes. (I did this -- submitted to Princeton and Cornell, edited for Caltech.)</p>
<p>My D has used the Common Ap for 5 of her 6 submissions. She edits it each time. She works on one school at a time, submits it, then chooses "copy" and starts over with the next school. </p>
<p>When you are ready to submit, you get a page asking you to individually select which schools on your list you are submitting to. In her case, since she submits one at a time, there is only ever one school she can select. The others have either already been submitted, or aren't on her list yet.</p>
<p>If you selected all your schools at once, and clicked submit, then your question is moot, as all your applications have already been submitted.</p>
<p>no, i haven't submitted any yet, so i'll try that method out.
is it necessary to actually delete the college from the my college list or simply just not check them at the ready to submit page?</p>
<p>You don't need to delete anything. Choose a school; fill out the common application; save; print; submit. </p>
<p>Once you click submit, go back to the "application" tab. It will show you that the application has been submitted, but below that detail is the word "copy." Click on that, and it will create a copy (duh) which you can then assign to a new school. (shows up under "my colleges" on the application tab.) Make any changes you want, save, print, and submit to the next school.</p>
<p>When you click on "check list" it will show you the schools on your list, and their status. It also lets you know if you've submitted the supplement or not. You do not need to work on them in any particular order.</p>
<p>I like it that D is working on one ap at a time, because I hope it will help her focus on that particular school and submit a more personalized application. Just make sure you proofread carefully so you don't get your school's mixed up. That gets more important closer to deadlines, when things get lost in the rush.</p>