<p>In my why northwestern essay, I wrote one third of the essay on the isp program. For the section "why is the isp program interesting to you," should I just copy paste that section (around 150 words), should I rewrite the essay entirely, or should I refer them to my why northwestern essay?</p>
<p>You need to write a new essay. If you copy and paste you’re being lazy; same with the referring them to the other essay. ISP is a separate application anyway, isn’t it?</p>
<p>Definitely don’t copy and paste. You should rewrite because the people reviewing your ISP application are probably going to receive your whole application so if they see that you’ve written the same exact thing in two places it might not hurt you, but it certainly won’t help your case.</p>
<p>As for referring them to your Why NU essay, that’s just something I would never do personally. That would seem like a cop-out.</p>