<p>There are some colleges I'm applying to that don't have necessarily the exact prompt, but have few parts that I think I can save some time if I copy a pargraph or two from my other essay. (E.G. I want to use one of my body paragraphs for Columbia in my Brown essay) Is this completely fine, or do colleges discourage/disallow this act?</p>
<p>That is the best time-saving method ever.</p>
<p>I thought everyone did this. Haha, it’s totally fine as long as you’re sure the paragraph fits both essays! If it’s obvious that the paragraph was written about a different prompt, probably not a good idea… you just have to be sort of careful when reusing essays :)</p>
<p>it definitely does! (the paragraph describes me in general and my personal qualities and attributes). thanks for the replies! im about to submit my essays :)</p>
<p>I’ve done that many times.</p>
<p>Its the way to go.</p>