<p>So I am apply to CAS and CALS and I am about to submit my supplements.</p>
<p>As CAS and CALS are each requiring an essay, I was wondering if CAS would be able to view the essay I submit to CALS and vice versa.</p>
<p>Right now, my two essays have paragraphs as I reused parts of my CALS essay for my CAS essay. </p>
<p>If it is visible to the other college, would my essays hurt my chances?</p>
<p>That question was addressed in a Cornell admission blog post. Yes, there is a chance that both schools can read both essays. Not a guarantee, but a possibility.</p>
<p>Oh. and what should I do if parts of my essay are identical.
Would it hurt me in anyway?</p>
<p>EDIT: I just found the page you were talking about and in case anyone else has the same question as i do and wants to find it: <a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2013%20Primary%20Alternate%20sheet.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2013%20Primary%20Alternate%20sheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>Will my essays for both my primary and alternate choice be read by both colleges/schools? It is possible that both colleges/
schools will review your primary and alternate choice essays.</p>
<p>I can’t answer that for you as I don’t work in admissions. You need to ‘make your case’ for why you would be the perfect fit for the program within the college.</p>
<p>Well, I talked about an experience in both (me working in a lab at U of Toronto)…</p>
<p>The passage in which i described this is identical but everything else is not although some of the ideas are similar (eg. research opportunities although one was about honors program while other was about CAS)</p>
<p>Would it be worthwhile to paraphrase some things? I want to submit it tomorrow :$</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your input btw :D</p>
<p>My suggestion: unless you are applying to a major/program that is identical/very similar in both schools (ex. Bio for CAS and CALS), then you should NOT have same things in both or even close. Paraphrasing might be ok but to a minimum. The point of the essays is for you to separate that school from the rest in terms of your preference and liking. And yes there is a chance (albeit no one really knows how much of one) that the schools look at BOTH supplementary essays so I would just be safe and write completely different essays as there is enough info out there for you to make that distinction clear. Just my .02 cents…</p>
<p>What he said^. Don’t give them the wrong impression that you are using one college or another as a backup of sorts. :P</p>
<p>Im actually doing bio for cals and cas :P</p>
<p>But yea, the similarity is my narrative regarding one of my experiences as one essay asks for how my experiences affected what i chose and the other asks for 2 intellectual interests.</p>
<p>Anyways, thanks! 
im gonna rework my essays a bit</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>