<p>While I was polishing off my Stanford essays, I noticed that all three have a common theme running through them. They go about it different ways, but all three highlight very similar aspects of my personality. Will this be good or bad? I figure it could bring unity to my application and really emphasize who I am, but then again, maybe they're looking for a broader picture.</p>
<p>I used a similar strategy, having a common theme to my essays, and I was accepted early. In fact, when my admissions officer called me, he mentioned the cohesiveness that such a unifying theme can bring to an application. So, I would recommend that you not be afraid to capitalize on that one theme as long as you aren’t blatantly rehashing things throughout your essays. Good luck.</p>
<p>really? How could you link persay–your roomate and intellectual vitality essays? They’re so different!</p>
<p>All of my supplemental essays were quite distinct. Rather than tying to each other, each presented a more in depth look at some aspect of my common app essay. Anyone else take this approach?</p>
<p>I agree with l337toast on this one. I was accepted EA, and each of my essays hinted at (and one even focused on) music composition (even subconsciously), and that could only just reaffirm a passion.</p>