SUPPLEMENTS(short essays)..do they REALLY matter??

<p>So I'm feeling pretty confident about my personal statement,
and some colleges like Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Duke Univ ask for supplement essays asking why I want to go to their school.</p>

<p>Just wondering,
how seriously do colleges consider supplement writings (short essays) for undergrad admissions? More than GPA? Less than extracurriculars? helppppp?</p>

<p>interesting, im curious about this too but i don’t know the answer so bump!</p>