<p>Should I risk using my Common App essay for Columbia's "Who am I" prompt? I spent a long time working on it and it's 1016 words long, but everybody who I showed it to say that it is amazing.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing. I mean i know I can’t write another essay as good as my common ap (which I used for stanford too…)</p>
<p>what do you mean by risk? how would they know it’s your commonapp essay?</p>
<p>i modified my commonapp a little bit and used it for the columbia essay. i don’t think they care, as long as you answer the prompt.</p>
<p>I reused my Common App essay for Columbia. My only hesitation was the length (~700 words), but I decided to submit it anyway, as I couldn’t see a way of cutting it down without taking away from it.</p>