Can You Keep Your Common App Essay Format?

You might wonder how you can keep the original format of your Common App essay. First, let's see what that format is all about. Common App essays will be available on the web, in the App Store, and through an online submission process. All of these options have some significant differences, but they can provide you with the same basic guidelines for writing a truly effective Common App essay.

First, take a look at the differences between the Common App and non-Common App essays. In the Common App, the essay is supposed to focus on the application or learning experience, not the author. For example, it should not talk about the event or situation or any other experience of your life. It should just be a description of the learning experience of the applicant, using that individual's name and the application deadline to give the essay its context. This is one of the main reasons why Common App applications are accepted so quickly - it isn't an application for a particular job - it's a personalized version of a Common App essay, and that can speak to the application, and not the author.

Now, with that in mind, let's look at how you can get around the original format if you submit your Common App to one college. The first thing to realize is that when you submit your Common App, you are essentially including the essay as a document within the App Store - which means it has to follow the same formatting guidelines for submission. So, if you've submitted the app through the web or the App Store, chances are you're submitting in a document that is already formatted in a certain way. When you submit it through one college, it will become a document in the App Store in a format that is more closely related to that original format of the college. So, once the college accepts your application, it will probably have an editor there who can edit the formatting to conform to the 'original format' of the college - so you can make minor changes here and there, but still submit it in its original format.

Now, if you submit it through another college, that college will obviously require that you submit it as the original format for that college - a document that follows the same formatting guidelines. So, if you submit it through another college, you'll still have the same disability problems you had in submitting through the college you had originally submitted through. However, your college is going to make very minor alterations to the essay, such as changing font size, changes in punctuation marks, etc. You will still need to meet the formatting guidelines, but once your college accepts your application, you'll be editing the formatting as you would when submitting it through your college.

Of course, you don't have to submit it through a college if you don't want to. If you've submitted it online, it may be that the college doesn't have the editing resources it would need to create a new version of the document.

With that in mind, you may be wondering how you can keep the original format if you submit your Common App to one college. To do this, you may need to make changes to the essay, or insert graphics. One common solution is to make your text larger, so it's not so easy to read.

One other thing to keep in mind is that you can change the formatting guidelines at the college you submit through - they can often change their own rules at various times. That's why I advise that you test this out first before you submit. Once you submit your Common App, keep your original format.

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