Anonymous wrote:Some of them ask for essays later, once your kid submits the Common App. It’s “fun,” they think they’re done and then they a request to log into the school’s website and do more work.

+1 It has been a few years but DS had supps at Hamilton.

Middlebury, for one, endeavors to offer an alumni interview to each applicant. The interviewer then submits a detailed report to the admissions office. IMHO, this gives you a lot more info than a supplemental essay.

To make it very easy to apply and inflate their application numbers, thus reducing acceptance rate. Colby is notorious. Not only no supplemental essay but no application fee as well.