Essays - Common App. vs. specific Colleges'

rlm919
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:27:28 +0000

It depends on the college, go to the common app website and look at the supplements and see what the colleges’ essay questions are.
Generally the ones on the common app gives you a choice of things to write about.
I checked two different colleges’ specific ones and they were both “why do you want to come here/study the major you are applying for”
Also I would not write any essay much longer than 500 words, otherwise they may not even bother reading it…