<p>So I'm stuck on the essays for the CommonApp. I'm applying to Cornell, UPenn, PennState, OhioState, but I was going to apply to UChicago until I decided that they didn't have the major I was looking for.</p>
<p>I've already written an essay for the UChicago prompt, the "arch-nemesis" one, and the bland CommonApp essay prompts aren't much for creative essays. My essay topic is myself against the nature of indolence, and I really like the way it turned out.</p>
<p>What I'm asking, is if I am no longer applying to UChicago, is it acceptable to "recycle" my essay for the topic of choice prompt on the CommonApp? Or would reviewers know that it was a UChicago prompt, and judge it differently? I know that it technically is my own topic of choice...just not an original one. I'm stuck, and any advice would be appreciated.</p>