Common App or Princeton's App

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<p>You don’t have to submit the exact same essay on each of the Common Apps you submit, if I recall. Please correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

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<p>I don’t think that using the Princeton application is a reliable signal of interest. Many students for whom Princeton was their first choice applied using the Common Application, myself included. Do you have any evidence that the acceptance rate is lower for those who apply using the Common application, as you seem to suggest? As others have already noted, demonstrated interest is much less important at HYP than at colleges with low yields.</p>