<p>I guess the Admissions forum was the wrong forum! My bad :)</p>
<p>If a college assigns multiple essays, is it usually considered a bad idea to write on similar topics for more than one, or is it all right as long as they show different parts/facets of us?</p>
<p>For example, my main activity, competitive programming, is broad enough to encompass competing myself, running a sort of team/group, and writing contests so I've listed it as one on the Common App. Would it be bad to overlap topics as in, say, write about a particular competition experience in one essay, and describe my work with the group in another?</p>