<p>wooooooooow, my common app essay was compeltely different</p>
<p>is it acceptable to submit an essay about, "indicate a person who has had an influence on you and describe that influence" in lieu of the autobiographical one... doesnt it say autobiographical or creative or somthing</p>
<p>anyone in a similar position to me??????</p>
<p>ten characters</p>
<p>what's the prompt again for the GU one?</p>
<p>The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay,
either autobiographical or creative, which you feel best describes you.</p>
<p>i would wirte it according to the prompt... the common app essay is different in my opinion</p>
<p>Depending on how you wrote about it, I'd say it's possible to send in your common app essay for that. I actually did it the other way around, I used one of my GU essay as my common app essay.</p>
<p>you might want to write the autobiographical one anyways just because odds are you're going to find something like it on a lot of other apps.</p>
<p>naw this is the only one that asks for autobiographical .... maybe I'll call them up, would you guys say this is worth calling for, or will it annoy them..?</p>
<p>no- this is what you do.</p>
<p>use that essay, but use this person to show how they have shaped you - who you are through your story. they dont care - what they're looking for is something well written.</p>