<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering how much it would affect your chances if you do not write the optional essay for Harvard. Your opinions/thoughts?</p>
<p>Quite a few CCer’s in the past have been accepted without the optional essay. It really is optional.</p>
<p>it’s optional… if you don’t want to write it, then don’t… harvard won’t care; that’s why it’s optional</p>
<p>i’m writing one, but because I want to try to make my application stick out</p>