Do all Common App colleges require supplemental essays?
No. Some Common App colleges have no school-specific supplement, while selective schools often add Why Us, academic interest, community, or short-answer prompts.
College list
Common App colleges with supplemental essays
A Common App-focused list of colleges with school-specific writing, essay counts, deadlines, and links into each school's planning page.
Amherst College
Amherst, MA · 4 supplemental essays
4 Common App supplements2025-2026Barnard College
New York, NY · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027Bates College
Lewiston, ME · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Boston University
Boston, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Brown University
Providence, RI · 10 supplemental essays
10 Common App supplements2025-2026Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · 3 supplemental essays
3 Common App supplements2026-2027Carleton College
Northfield, MN · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3 supplemental essays
3 Common App supplements2026-2027Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Colby College
Waterville, ME · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Colgate University
Hamilton, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Columbia University
New York, NY · 6 supplemental essays
6 Common App supplements2025-2026Common App — Personal Statement
Universal · 7 supplemental essays
7 Common App supplementsCurrent cycleCornell University
Ithaca, NY · 13 supplemental essays
13 Common App supplements2026-2027Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH · 10 supplemental essays
10 Common App supplements2029-2030Davidson College
Davidson, NC · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Duke University
Durham, NC · 7 supplemental essays
7 Common App supplements2026-2027Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Hamilton College
Clinton, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · 5 supplemental essays
5 Common App supplements2025-2026Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Haverford College
Haverford, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2025-2026Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027New York University
New York, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · 8 supplemental essays
8 Common App supplements2025-2026Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Pomona College
Claremont, CA · 4 supplemental essays
4 Common App supplements2025-2026Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · 7 supplemental essays
7 Common App supplements2025-2026Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Rice University
Houston, TX · 6 supplemental essays
6 Common App supplements2025-2026Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Stanford University
Stanford, CA · 3 supplemental essays
3 Common App supplements2026-2027Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2025-2026Tufts University
Medford, MA · 5 supplemental essays
5 Common App supplements2026-2027Tulane University
New Orleans, LA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · 3 supplemental essays
3 Common App supplements2025-2026University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · 3 supplemental essays
3 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · 4 supplemental essays
4 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA · 2 supplemental essays
2 Common App supplements2026-2027University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · 4 supplemental essays
4 Common App supplements2026-2027Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Williams College
Williamstown, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 Common App supplement2026-2027Yale University
New Haven, CT · 7 supplemental essays
7 Common App supplements2026-2027
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Can I reuse Common App supplement essays?
You can reuse story material, but school-specific fit, programs, and wording should be tailored so the essay does not read as a generic template.