<p>If you are an ED applicant and did not do the optional essay on Pg.217 will it hurt you in any way? j/w as my friend applied ED, but he didn't do pg.217.</p>
<p>someone else who wrote a kickass essay might get in on the basis of the essay, so i guess it will (relatively) hurt if he didn’t do it.</p>
<p>That being said, if he wrote a mediocre pg217, it will hurt too.</p>
<p>oo. im soo very tempted to get my 217 read to hear opinions from you guys.</p>
<p>I’d love to read your pg. 217 essay if you want to share. You can PM it to me if you’d like.</p>
<p>I’d love to read too=] PM me if you’d like. I’ll send you mine (I promise it’ll spark a chuckle, especially if you’ve seen the seriousness of the rest of my application)</p>
<p>Your friend should be fine… just like the interview (which is also optional), the 217 is an opportunity to show another side of you… but it may be unnecessary if you already articulated your passions and personality in the required sections of the application. </p>
<p>Also, not to steal your thread, but if anyone wants to read my common app essay, penn essay, or 217 essay, let me know. RD applicants can use them to get ideas and ED applicants can read them for the heck of it. My common app essay is really unique (and risky) so I would suggest that one.</p>
<p>^ hi, can i read your essays? just PM them to me. I’m applying RD but i finished my essays already. I think mine page 217 is really good and i’d love to read another.</p>
<p>xs0itg0esx, I’d love you read your Penn essay and p217 if you’d like to share. I’m considering on applying RD, so it might help me and I’ll let you know what I think of it. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>i didn’t do the pg 217 either 
i didn’t have much time and I thought it would be stupid to send in a mediocre essay for no reason lol</p>
<p>I didn’t do the pg 217 either. </p>
<p>I kept starting it, but didn’t know where to take it.</p>
<p>nirvanatear and pennhopefull pls PM it to me. Ill send u mine too. I have already applied ED!</p>
<p>I’d love to read both your essays! Good way to pass the time PM them over</p>
<p>Same here. I consider myself a good writer/editor; I’ve edited countless essays of my peers. If you want some holistic feedback, send them over!</p>
<p>I’m still working on mine and have a general idea but still need to finetune it. I’ve edited lot of essays for peers too, so I might be able to give some feedback if you want to send an essay :)</p>
<p>xs0itg0esx, I’ll read your essay, too! I’m applying RD (waiting for D-day from another school), and this will definitely help pass the time.</p>
<p>soitgoes! PM me urs! i have given u advice on all ur other essays! no its just read and relax. ill send u mine too!</p>
<p>PM it my way, I’d love to take a look!</p>
<p>I’d love to read!</p>
<p>I put ‘217’ at the end of mine. Thought it was quite a cool idea. Did anybody else do that?</p>
<p>^ that’s a cool idea! Thanks to everyone who read my essays. If anyone else cares to read them, let me know. Feel free to PM your essays to me as well. =]</p>