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Pro Tip: Reuse and recycle!!

👋 While most students’ greatest fear is taking on the dreaded Personal Statement, what ended up draining us the most was writing the many personalized supplemental essays that each college required (we both applied to 19 colleges and ended up dealing with over 70 supplemental essays each!!). That’s why we created this page––to keep track of all the supplements, their topics, and their max word count. We were able to see when schools’ supplements overlapped and strategically reused sentences (or even paragraphs), saving us a lot of time. Of course, it’s important to make sure your supplements aren’t too vague and copy-and-paste-able!!
School
Topic
Word Count
1
Stanford
Coding Extracurricular
150
2
Stanford
Antifragility
250
3
Stanford
Coda Evangelism
250
4
USC
Hackathon/Make School
250
5
USC
Why USC
250
6
USC
Why CS
250
7
USC
Engineering Solution
250
8
Michigan
Piedmont Post Extracurricular
150
9
Michigan
Coding Community
300
10
Michigan
Why Michigan
550
11
Georgia Tech
Why GT
300
12
UCs
Piedmont Post (Leadership)
350
13
UCs
Coding (Extracurricular)
350
14
UCs
Coda (Community service)
350
15
UCs
Efficiency/Mental Health
350
16
Duke
Why Duke
250
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