<p>is the common app essay asking you for reasons for transferring just a more generic version of the one you'll have to write for the specific school you're transferring to?</p>
<p>In a word, yes. That's exactly what I did. I wrote more about my current institution for the Common Application essay.</p>
<p>well, i would say no. the common app asks you basically why you're leaving your school, and the supplement asks you why you want to go to your prospective school.</p>