I can't "customize?"

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I address the college in my common app essay and I want to make a new one, but common app tells me I shouldn’t do that.
Can I ignore that?</p>

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<p>You need to create an alternate version. See question #18 here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061624174-post31.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061624174-post31.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;