<p>I have had this question held down for a long time, but I finally have mustered the courage to ask it and face reality. On one of my MIT essays, I mentioned something about a school bubble that was often referred to by the administration at that school (a boarding school I transferred out of). Basically, the "school bubble" was the term given to the environment where the student would get so caught up with what was happening at school that they would lose touch with reality and what happened in the real world. In a second MIT essay, I alluded to the "school bubble", saying something like "as I had mentioned in a previous essay". Now, my second MIT essay fit perfectly in a Common App essay and I simply copied and pasted it, too foolish to read over it besides looking for specific MIT references. Now, all of the schools I applied to with the Common App (4 out of my 7) are going to a read an essay and have no clue what the hell I am talking about.</p>
<p>Although it truly is a minuscule part of the essay, do you think the admissions people will make a fuss out of it and potentially weaken my chances? Or am I worrying too much over nothing?</p>
<p>oh wait…what schools are you applying to?? (considering mIT is among them) if it’s a mass produced essay, Ivies/top schools will be able to spot it and it might hurt you</p>
<p>that’s not so good. Those schools will be expecting something stellar, and having a general essay is the last thing you should have. May I ask what questions you used this essay for? (or better yet, could I read it to see if it makes sense w/ the unexplained allusion?)</p>
<p>They can’t mistake it for being “mass produced”, as with the Common App I am stuck with one application for the 4 schools. Not to mention, I don’t think MIT would go around sharing my essay with other schools, I am pretty sure that’s a violation of some law/policy…</p>
<p>Okay I can definitely see this as a supplemental essay if that’s what you submitted it as, but if it’s one of the 250 word essays on the MIT form, it’s probably too short for the common app essay?</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I didn’t quite explain the situation in full.</p>
<p>Here’s what happened:
I wrote an essay for MIT that talked about the school bubble for a short bit. I used that essay for a different school and wrote a new essay for the new school that expanded on that that idea. I used the second essay that expanded on the idea in my Common App.</p>
<p>ooohhh, okay. I doubt it’ll be the deciding factor on your admission, so long as it’s a good essay. But…I can’t speak for the AOs. If you didn’t have any other mistakes on your app, I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. And they may not even notice and presume you mentioned it in your supplement, without thinkig twice</p>