<p>There’s no required essay. There are a couple smaller ones that I guess can kind of help, but if you’re safely in they are unneccesary and if you’re not close to getting in they won’t help you all that much. If you’re borderline I suppose they’re kind of important.</p>
<p>Class rank is a useless statistic. School difficulty is considered though, especially for in-state students.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can apply to more than one school, but I do know that some people are accepted into the university but not the college they applied to. They’ll get put in University Studies and can try to transfer into another college after a semester or year.</p>