<p>Did anyone else receive a personal application. I got one, but I used the common app because I wanted to submit my essays. Will I be "penalized" for not using the personal application?</p>
<p>no not at all, but why wouldn't you use their application, because it's the same personal statement</p>
<p>i dont know wut it's like this year, but when i filled out the personal app last year, it was free for me, and i didn't have to write any essays, so it saved me time and money</p>
<p>this year its a reduced app fee but still a fee, and an essay is required but can be from another school's app</p>