<p>My main common app essay is quite personal and quite general, and it seems to fit fine into another school's (don't use common app) essay topic. </p>
<p>will recycling most, if not all of the essay, a good plan to do? like will that school know i recycled it?</p>
<p>I heard that they can sometimes tell, but most everyone I know does it. who the heck has time to write 10+ essays, you know?</p>
<p>modify a little. don't use the exact prompt unless it's the exact promtp.</p>
<p>If you've written a good one, why bother writing another when you don't need to? Unless you enjoy writing college essays, of course.</p>
<p>Why not recycle it?
Less essays = more time spent on them = better quality essays</p>
<p>of course. besides some essays just talk about u not the college so it's fine. I did that for my early schools.</p>