Reusing essays...?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey, everyone! I'm new here so I hope I'm doing this correctly...</p>

<p>I'm applying to a few UCs and a handful of OOS schools. </p>

<p>One of the UC prompts (basically about my intended major,what experiences have i had in this field, and what have i gained from it) seems to be pretty reusable for my other schools using the Common App. </p>

<p>So my problem is, I would like to change it up a bit and use it for my personal statement... And while I may be able to do that for some schools that don't ask this question at all, some of the other schools ask a similar question for their supplement essays...
I'm not sure what I should do. Because it seems like a pretty important topic to talk about if the school doesn't ask for it in the supplement. To me, it makes sense to have a general topic like the UC prompt as the personal statement... But other schools ask for it again in the supplement! -_-.
I've considered creating two common application things(...?). If I remember correctly, this was possible to do when I was going through my senior year application process (so people could personalize personal statements). Does that still work for transfer students?</p>

<p>Not sure what to do.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I do not have access to the new, revised CA, I believe that you can still make alternate versions, but fewer. Here is my advice for the earlier CA:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1536008-policies-common-app-transfer-essay-customization.html?highlight=essay[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1536008-policies-common-app-transfer-essay-customization.html?highlight=essay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;