Quick question about supplement

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>My common app essay was about the solace i find in nature. I’m thinking about doing this prompt (rather I want to, because i most strongly relate to it) for the supplement:</p>

<p>’‘The world as revealed by science is far more beautiful, and far more interesting,
than we had any right to expect. Science is valuable because of the view of the
universe that it gives.’’ </p>

<p>~Should i do the supplement on another prompt so that Amherst gets a better understanding of me, or is it best to just stick with this topic (kind of like an application theme)</p>

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<p>I would say you should pick a topic that will lend itself to your best writing.</p>

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<p>Remember, they are looking to learn about YOU. It isn’t so much an interpretive essay as an opportunity to tell the Adcoms about YOU.</p>

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<p>Yeah, pick whatever prompt shows you better. Bad wording, but you know what I mean.</p>

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<p>LOL QUASI!!! "Pick whatever prompt shows you better.</p>

<p><3</p>

<p>I agree with all the previous posts. Stick with whichever one is well written and showcases the kind of person you are.</p>

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<p>I agree with all of the above posts.</p>

<p>PS, MM: I love your location. And you. And Quasi. <3333</p>

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<p>Haha I just wanted to post something. :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>I dig the lovefesting.</p>

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<p>This is interesting; I ended up doing something similar. Way back in October, my parents were on me to start my essays, so I wrote the Amherst supplement (#1…the one you quoted above). I wrote about the universe and curiosity and a lot of other stuff, but at the end of the essay, I found myself wishing that I could usethat supplement essay for other colleges.
At the same time, I wasn’t thrilled with the Common App Essay I’d written. In the end, I actually made my original Amherst supplement my Common Essay (expanded on some parts of it, so it was more original and not as relevant to the quote), and wrote prompt #5. Hopefully, it worked.</p>

<p>Alas, that probably wasn’t too helpful, but to be honest I’d make sure to pick a prompt that gives them more insight into who you are. If that prompt will be a similar essay to your common app, then I would recommend another prompt, but I’m just a high school student with too much time on her hands. :)</p>