What common app colleges don’t require additional essays?
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Looking for some safeties for my future premed son. He is reach heavy. I think his targets may even be actual reaches.
Can you simply just apply to colleges by just paying the application fee? |
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Pitt and Case Western are both great for premed and don’t have any supplemental essays. |
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| There are lots of them. Just google "colleges that don't require supplemental essays" and there will be multiple sites with sample lists. |
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| Most don’t, look further down the list. JMU didn’t. |
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| Drexel. GMU's extra essay isn't too bad. |
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JMU has an optional personal essay - if you don't bother to do it, you just look lazy. |
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| middlebury skidmore bates Colby Wesleyan |
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| Penn State doesn’t if you apply through their website. |
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For many (all? Check the CDS) of these, demonstrated interest is considered. That may take more time than writing a supplemental essay. |
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| Michigan State |
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I googled “common app colleges that don’t require supplemental essays” and I did get a list of colleges but they weren’t specific to common app. DS was so relieved that he could just check a bunch of boxes. |
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My kid used their standard common app essay only, nothing else. |
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| Pitt |
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| Northeastern |
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| Minnesota |