<p>My personal essay ties in to my short answer essay quite strongly. Is this a waste. Should they really be about 2 entirely different topics to show the adcoms more range?</p>
<p>they should be different.</p>
<p>if you can elaborate a bit more, that might help.</p>
<p>my short answer // personal essay // optional essay is around 250 words and talks about who i am really…</p>
<p>thanks, my personal essay is going to be about an issue of importance to me - poor children in america. my short answer about my most meaningful activity - volunteering with inner city youth. maybe they are just too much alike. i was going to use the optional essay to talk about my devotion to art.</p>
<p>sounds good… should be interesting…</p>
<p>good luck !</p>