Same Essay for Two Different Prompts?

College Essays
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<li><p>Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.</p></li>
<li><p>Describe an experience that sparked your interest in mathematics, science or engineering.</p></li>
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<p>I have written an essay for the second prompt. The impact of the experience is that it sparked my interest in engineering. Is this an appropriate response for the first prompt?</p>

<p>The second prompt specifies the topic of the essay. It just seems that the topic would be too cliche for the first prompt, which is more open ended.</p>

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<p>You could. As long as you discuss the event enough for it to answer the first question. I think you might be able to pull it off actually.</p>