<p>Well I used my Yale supplement essay for the Princeton supplement essay. But as I read it, I realized it doesn’t exactly fit the prompt. I mean, it does, but loosely.</p>
<p>I used an experience to illustrate my passions, so it wasn’t exactly a “value” defined by the experience. Ack, should I just give up on making the essay conform?</p>
<p>It depends on whether or not you want to have a content reader looking at your application or one who thinks you’re arrogant for thinking that it’s okay to disregard the prompt in an effort to say what you want to say. Think about how annoying it is when a politician is asked a question, and he or she completely evades it by “loosely” connecting it to something he or she wants to talk about. In short, don’t force an essay to work. Just write an essay that addresses the prompt. It’s really not too hard; it’s just about a page.</p>
<p>I am going to have to disagree with Hypes… While forcing an essay to meet a topic may not be a great idea in your case, doing so will not make you come off as arrogant. Adhering to the prompt exactly is definitely not required; in fact I bet an admissions person would probably view a different interpretation of the prompt as a plus - variety is good. </p>
<p>Also, don’t let anyone tell you writing a one page Princeton essay is easy - what part of trying to reveal the most of the best of yourself through a one page prompt is easy? Heck, it’d be easier if they allowed ten page essays - if you’re under a time crunch and you feel that you have a great, impressive essay on your hands - why not apply it to your advantage?</p>
<p>One definition of a value is “something of importance to you”… so if you’re passionate about it, you value it, so it’s a value…maybe? Try to at least adapt it a little though – I agree with the other posters.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it have made more sense to use your princeton essay for yale? I mean yale specifically says: “While we leave the topic of your second essay entirely up to you, we encourage you to use this opportunity to tell us something that we could not learn from the rest of your application”. I wrote my essay for princeton and im using the same one for both harvard and yale since neither requires an essay of a particular topic</p>