<p>Is there any way they can unlock it for once? I swear I didn't update it 2 times. I don't know how it got permanently locked. I've worked on this essay for months. I've put my heart and soul in it. I'm breaking into pieces after knowing that I cannot update my common app essay.</p>
<p>Is there anyway this is possible?</p>
<p>I would try writing to them and calling tomorrow. Hopefully someone can figure it out and unlock it for you.</p>
<p>Just an option I’m considering if the common app doesn’t fix my problem…</p>
<p>I’m thinking of emailing each of the colleges where I’m applying a copy of my new essay. I’ll ask them to replace the essay which I sent them with the one which I am emailing them. Hopefully, most of them will agree. However, will this make the adcoms think less of me?</p>
<p>Don’t email them a new essay. They won’t want to waste their time. Just go with what you submitted at this point. You’ve had months to prepare these essays. Why the last minute changes?</p>
<p>@1203southview Just got an email from Common App, they granted me an additional edit. Thank god! God is good. My life is saved.</p>
<p>@mnm111 First of all, stop being so negative.
College admission officers are really nice people and they want us to apply. I emailed Carleton College and they were more than happy to replace the essays.
I was working on this essay for months. I submitted it to my EA college and then continued working on it for more months. </p>
<p>@ssgupta you’ve got serious issues regarding your essays and this entire application process. Just review your thread posting history here on CC. Here’s one of your most recent threads.</p>
<p><a href=“Overwhelmed by critiques of my essays. Help - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>Overwhelmed by critiques of my essays. Help - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums;
<p>You have been acting erratically and inefficiently. In the last moment you want more changes and/or you want schools who receive tens of thousands of applications to make some special allowance for your last minute edits? Get a grip on yourself. They are on the common app and want to read the essay posted in the common app for their own convenience. A last minute emailed change makes you look like a poorly prepared self-indulgent applicant.</p>