Do colleges have access to other college supplement essays?

Applying to College
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<p>Do colleges share supplement essays with other colleges that I apply to?
Some of the supplement essay topics are almost the same, and I just used the same essay for those colleges. Will these colleges know that I used the same essays?</p>

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<p>No, I don’t think so! :)</p>

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<p>No, that is actually a common practice.</p>