How optional?

Colleges & Universities Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Hey, i’m applying to JHU using the common app, and on their supplement it says the $10 essay is optional. How badly is it going to hurt my chances if I dont write the essay?</p>

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<p>rofl
these two forums were started 3 minutes from each other</p>

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<p>This is just getting rediculous. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=121720[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=121720&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For an official answer:</p>

<p><a href=“http://hopkins.typepad.com/[/url]”>http://hopkins.typepad.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;