<p>Is good to send colleges essays you've written for an essay contest that you didn't win? If no, will such essays help at all for college applciation process? I spent a lot of time on my essay.</p>
<p>my essay was for national peace essay contest</p>
<p>Sometimes colleges will accept supplemental material, in which case you have the option of submitting that contest essay. Otherwise, depending on the prompts you receive for the college essays, you might be able to rework the contest essay to fit the prompt.</p>