<p>hi</p>
<p>I was wondering if I had to use the same essay for all my common app schools, or if I could write two essays and use one for some of the schools and the other for the rest?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>don’t have to ! why should?</p>
<p>I was reading the instructions, and it said something about making a separate application for each school (it’s the common app, but after you submit it to one school, it’s considered a fresh one), so yes, you can use 2 different essays.</p>
<p>Common app states that you should use the same essay for all the schools you apply to, although you are allowed to modify other parts of the application in the new version.</p>
<p>^ So…you SHOULD but there is nothing to make you?</p>
<p>why would you want to? The point of the essay is to write about you, not what you think a specific college wants to hear.</p>
<p>Exactly. If a school wants a specific essay they’ll have it in their Supplemental.</p>
<p>What if one of the supplemental essays asks you something that you already answered in your common app essay?</p>
<p>@sententia</p>
<p>That’s rare. Usually they ask you like “what can you contribute, what attracted you, why this school, etc etc”. But in you’re case I would just reword your original answer. Don’t copy and paste because that will look lazy.</p>