<p>Do you think I can recycle both essays I wrote for Yale for Harvard essays? Is there any risk involved in doing this? heh I’m just trying reallly hard to find way out of writing any more essays. xD
Thanks!</p>
<p>Well, I'm using the essays I wrote for Yale for Harvard, and the essays I wrote to Yale were the same I wrote for Georgetown. The thing is, the essays are mostly college-neutral. (I did write one that was Georgetown specific--my EA school). I don't think there is any harm, as long as the essays are really good.</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with doing it. I'd just try to find a way to tailor them a little to Harvard, so they don't "feel" recycled. Maybe just throw in a sentence or two... like, if you wrote your yale EC essay about playing ultimate frisbee, then mention how great it'd be to play ultimate on the Yard.</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong AT ALL with sending in identical essays to schools. What do you think the Common Application is for?</p>
<p>exactly. it makes your life much simpler. or at least, it's supposed to. :)</p>
<p>what happens if I wrote a Georgetown specific essay, about wanting to go there because of certain things, including the DC location-- and now I want to use the essay for George Washington as well? bad idea?</p>
<p>Use common sense. </p>
<p>If it makes sense in your application, use it. If it says 'And that's why I want to go to Georgetown', make some changes.</p>
<p>well, change the name of the university, take out the Jesuit stuff, talk about something GW specific, and voila!</p>
<p>haha, netshark, we're a long way from our Gtown forum...</p>
<p>yeah, i'm thinking of taking out the Gtown references and the "castle like apperance" bit...</p>