<p>Are you going to do the optional essays that a lot of schools have in the supps? (I.E. Harvard, UPenn)</p>
<p>For Penn, the optional essay looks pretty required to me because they provide you with three detailed choices. </p>
<p>But for Harvard, it's just because "occasionally student feel that college application forms do not provide sufficient opportunity to convey important information about themselves or their accomplishments." </p>
<p>Since Harvard is a good reach for me, how necessary do you think doing this optional essay is? I feel like I did a great job on the other questions, and who I am has come through, but maybe I should search for something more to say to 'go the extra mile' and show them I'm dedicated.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>