<p>On their site it just says "application including essay"
Do I just assume that it's the common app essay?
However, when I check their alternative option for app.(part 1 and 2) there is no section for a essay? WTH why can't it be straightfoward !!</p>
<p>This is an instruction on page 6 of Part 2 of the UM app.</p>
<ol>
<li>Please write an essay according to the instructions below.
Your essay or personal statement is an important and integral part of the application process. Your academic credentials and list of
achievements give us information about part of your life, but your essay will provide us with information about you that is not
requested elsewhere in the University of Miami Application for Admission. On a separate sheet, please write an essay (300-400
words) about one of the topics listed below:
A. Evaluate a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you.
B. Discuss some issue of personal, local or national concern and its importance to you.
C. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
D. Explain the role that academic integrity has played in your life.</li>
</ol>
<p>They take the common app. so why not just do it there?</p>