Supplement Advice - Same Subject as Common App Personal Essay

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>The first supplement, reflecting an idea an experience that has been important in my intellectual development, is basically what I have already discussed in the "Personal Essay" in the Common App.</p>

<p>Should I discuss this idea/experience further? Should I re-discuss it completely? Should I at any point refer back to that essay? Should I discuss a different experience or idea? I'm having a hard time choosing a path.</p>

<p>Any advice would be appreciated. Feel free to ask any questions that would help you answer me.</p>

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<p>I’d advise picking a different topic to discuss in the new essay, colleges typically don’t like it when you write about the same thing twice</p>

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<p>IMO you should’ve looked at the supplement topics in advance and made a different version of the commonapp for Stanford, with a different commonapp essay. But it’s too late for that, so try to pick a completely different topic for the supplement.</p>

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<p>I would change your topic for your supplement. If you talk about the same thing for two essays, you’re wasting an entire 250/500 words that you could be using to talk about something else.</p>