<p>So I’ve put together my essays for Brown and I like them except I’m concerned that they all address the same extracurricular activity. It’s a different take in all of them, (common app one about failure during this activity, Why Brown about why this activity has shaped me for open curriculum, community one about other competitors in this activity making me competitive). Would it make me seem to one dimensional to talk about this activity 3 times in 3 separate essays?</p>
<p>It sure sounds like it, but how would we know not having read them? Let’s just say I hope this activity is not about video gaming, lol.</p>
<p>I would expect someone like Michael Phelps to write all his college essays about swimming, since it was an EC he did for almost all his waking hours. So it’s not necessarily a bad thing. But you need to ask yourself if there is anything else you want admissions to know about you. If you are leaving out compelling aspects of your personality, your history, your motivations, your contribution to your school/community, then I would rethink your essays. </p>
<p>Instead of looking at the prompts and answering them as best you can (the way you’d answer essay questions on a test for school), sit down and make a list of everything you want admissions to know about you. Then, with that list in front of you, relook at the essays and see which one will help you bring those aspects to life.</p>
<p>Haha it’s definitely not video games…and it definitely represents my most significant activity. Going just based off results at a national competition, I’m the 2nd best person at this activity in the country so I’ve really dedicated a lot and gotten a lot out of it.</p>
<p>That being said, fireandrain you have some good advice I’ll see if I can try doing that.</p>
<p>As long as they each say something different about you that should be fine.</p>
<p>I think you can make it work! Just make sure that you don’t repeatedly summarize the activity, etc etc. </p>
<p>And the activity could be video games, I wrote about the Call of Duty YouTube community and my role in managing YouTube channels. Seeking legal aid for contract work, Skype calls with German advertisers to put an ads on videos edited by a Japanese editors, leading/organizing dozens of content producers, getting over 2 million total views in a few months, etc etc. Point is, you can write on anything you’re passionate about. (I only included that in one supplement essay though, my common app was different and the others were more international politics driven)</p>