<p>Hey everyone. Quick question: if we fill out the common app and are applying to multiple schools does it send them all the same personal statement? Are we able to go in and change the essay before submitting it to other schools. For example, the Cornell app was due the 15th, and the NYU app is due on the first of april. Will I be able to go in and make changes before applying to nyu? Thanks!</p>
<p>Bump… sorry I really need to know this</p>
<p>no but you can make multiple accounts, which allows you to use a different essay for each account. read the common app thing, its under the faq and tells u instructions :D</p>
<p>Casteil thank you for the reply that is very helpful! Sorry, what is the “common app thing”? under the faq meaning…</p>
<p>np glad to help, ill open mine up…ok on the left hand tab it should say instructions. Click that and try to find the make multiple accounts or somethign like that and it should tell you how to do so. GL!</p>
<p>From the “Instructions” page of the Common App:</p>
<p>"Application Versions</p>
<p>The Common Application should generally be completed once, with identical copies sent to all colleges. You should create a new version if you wish to correct an error discovered after submission or provide new information not available when you first submitted the application. It is not necessary to “customize” your Common Application for individual colleges. Individual college supplements and supplemental essay questions should be used to provide special information to different colleges. Below are the steps necessary to create an alternate version.</p>
<p>Step1: You must submit the Common Application to at least one institution first. You cannot create an alternate version until this has occurred.</p>
<p>Step 2: You must log out of the application then go to this special URL:
<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true</a></p>
<p>and login using your existing User Name and Password.</p>
<p>Step 3: Upon login you will be taken to the ‘Common Application’ page, where you will see information about the application you have already submitted. The ability to create an alternate version of your submitted Common Application is now activated, and you should click on the ‘Replicate’ link to make an alternate version of your submitted application. When this is complete, a second version will be visible on your screen and a special drop down list that will appear in the upper right corner of your application. You can use this drop down to move between application versions.</p>
<p>All data from your original version of your Common Application will be transferred to your alternate version, with the exception of any documents that you uploaded. You may edit any of this information before you submit it to another institution.</p>
<p>You only need to go to the special URL the first time you create an alternative version. Thereafter, additional application versions can be made by going to the ‘Common Application’ section within your original Common Application and using the ‘Replicate’ link. You may make up to 10 versions, including the original version. You only need your original User Name and Password to access all versions.</p>
<p>When you create the first alternate version of your application you will see a simple confirmation message. If you create any additional alternate versions of your application you will need to complete two affirmation statements then click the ‘OK’ button. You may also click the ‘Cancel’ button to not create the new alternate version.</p>
<p>You will have a separate My Colleges page for each application version. Each institution can only be on the My Colleges list of one application version. You can move an institution from one version to a different version at any time prior to submitting the Common App to that institution."</p>