Different essays for different schools?

Transfer Students
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<p>I’m applying as a transfer to William & Mary and Vanderbilt from the University of Georgia. For the essay about why I’m transferring, should I make two different common app accounts so I can talk about why I want to go to each school individually? Or is it ok if I just talk about why I’d prefer a small school in general? I’ve already submitted both supplements- is this a problem if I want to do that? Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>If the Supplements don’t ask “Why School X?”, then yes, send different versions of the “Why do you want to transfer?” to customize it for each school.</p>

<p>See this thread as well as the link in it to another thread, they discuss questions very similar to the one you’ve asked:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/637898-why-transfer-vs-why-x-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/637898-why-transfer-vs-why-x-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>is it too late to make separate accounts if I’ve already submitted the supplements to both schools?</p>

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<p>If supplements went via the CA, I don’t believe that you can make any changes to what you’ve submitted. If they went hard copy, you could ask the schools if you could submit a modification.</p>