<p>What should the format of your essay be on the common app? I know it should be double spaced and I have my name obviously, and the title. Do I need to include anything else?</p>
<p>Perhaps you can also include your date of birth and school.</p>
<p>it actually doesn't need any of that. It's attached right onto the common app.
My english teacher said a title's not even really necessary...he showed us a sample of a student from a previous year who got into Harvard without giving his essay a title.</p>