Are colleges with one supplemental essay easier to apply to?
They are lighter than multi-essay schools, but one prompt can still carry a lot of fit and evidence. Plan it early if the deadline is close or the word limit is long.
College list
Colleges with one supplemental essay
A planning list of colleges with exactly one school-specific supplemental essay in the current prompt record, useful for building a balanced application workload.
Bates College
Lewiston, ME · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay400 listed words · 2026-2027Boston University
Boston, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Carleton College
Northfield, MN · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Davidson College
Davidson, NC · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Hamilton College
Clinton, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay500 listed words · 2026-2027Haverford College
Haverford, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay150 listed words · 2026-2027New York University
New York, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay400 listed words · 2026-2027Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027The Cooper Union
New York, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay500 listed words · 2026-2027Tulane University
New Orleans, LA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027University of California, Davis
Davis, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay350 listed words · 2026-2027University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay350 listed words · 2026-2027University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay350 listed words · 2026-2027University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay350 listed words · 2026-2027University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay350 listed words · 2026-2027University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay650 listed words · 2026-2027Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay300 listed words · 2026-2027Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO · 1 supplemental essay
1 supplemental essay250 listed words · 2026-2027
Turn a list into an essay plan
Deadline and supplement lists are only useful when they change what you do next. Add your schools in Jengo to map prompts, avoid repeated stories, and start the essays with the highest deadline pressure first.
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Can I reuse one-supplement essays?
You can reuse the core story when prompts overlap, but school-specific details and the final contribution should change for each college.