<p>Do you have to write the title at the beginning of your CommonApp Essay for the "Topic of your choice"?</p>
<p>And I want to use my University of Chicago essay for CommonApp....
If I write the same exact essay question Chicago has on the CommonApp, would universities know it's my Chicago essay and think I was too lazy to write another one?</p>
<p>And I'm hesitating between my Chicago essay and CommonApp essay. Chiacgo shows my intellectual side, while the CommonApp shows more of my human side. Which one should I go with?</p>
<p>I would go with the CommonApp, although maybe attempt to add a bit more of an intellectual side to it. Colleges will see how intellectual/studious you are from your secondary school record, standardized tests, etc. - the essay questions are suppose to give the adcoms a since of your identity, your personality, and the like. Plus, they're more likely to reject a set of facts and figures than a person that they know and, maybe, can relate to.</p>
<p>Also, I don't think the commonapp essay needs a topic. Just make sure it's self-explanatory.</p>
<p>no i didn't put one for mine... its just an experience... and they'll know pretty quickly what its about when the first sentence has the words "pleasure" and "trojan condoms" in it</p>
<p>WHAT?
So if if you have a good first sentence, then it’s fine, right?</p>
<p>I didn’t have a title either. I don’t think it will be much of a problem.</p>