<p>First have your essay open in Microsoft Word (not Google Docs). </p>
<p>Left align everything, remove double spacing/fancy stuff, REMOVE INDENTS</p>
<p>Mash it into one big block of words, take note of where your paragraphs are</p>
<p>Go to where you want to split the block, click, hit Shift+Enter three times so now there's one paragraph separate and one big block with rest of paragraphs. Should be two empty lines now between them.</p>
<p>Repeat until all your paragraphs are separate, with two lines between each</p>
<p>Copy/paste into "Writing" in Common App, CLICK CONTINUE, and then click CONTINUE again until you get to "Additional Information" then click "Save."</p>
<p>Go back to "Writing", click "Edit" and now readd the paragraph breaks with Shift+Enter.</p>
<p>Continue, continue, save.</p>
<p>Check out how it looks in preview.</p>
<p>Good luck and let me know how it goes!</p>