Hello Does anyone know if the Penn State Schreyer Honors College admissions reads the Common App essay that I am including in the Penn State application? The two application reviews are supposedly completely separate but do not want to repeat an essay in the Honors application if that is not the case. Thanks!
I don’t know the exact answer to your question but honestly…WHY are you looking for a shortcut or easy way out of an HONORS college application? While they may not read it per se, I wouldn’t be surprised if they looked to make sure it wasn’t the same just so they could use it to eliminate students from consideration.
Not looking for a short cut - the prompt answered for the common app was to share a struggle and and that is the same prompt on the honors app and would like to share that same struggle
Then I would use a different essay prompt for your Penn State application.
The two applications are completely separate. I do not think the honors college sees the regular applications at all.
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I asked this question during a Schreyer info session as my daughter spent quite a bit of time on both the Common App essay and the Personal PSU Essay. They confirmed that Schreyer does NOT use either of those essays.
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