<p>Are they supposed to be teary and inspirational and all-out like your Common App essay, or is it more or less a detached and bland description of what they ask for?</p>
<p>It honestly depends on how you write. If you can pull off an essay like that then you’re good, but if you can’t it’ll look bad. Try it out and get someone to look at it.</p>
<p>So it is an essay meant to be gripping like your Common App one?</p>
<p>Your Common App essay doesn’t have to be “teary” or “inspirational”… it just has to show off your writing skills and tell who you are. Same with the supplements… and none of your essays should be “bland” and “detached”. Which supplement questions are you thinking of specifically?</p>