Update January 28, 2016- The Common Application has announced that the 2016-2017 personal statement essay prompts will be the same as the 2015-2016 prompts. Juniors should write essays the summer after junior year.  The Common Application went live on August 1st so many rising seniors started filling in their apps. As soon as they added a college, most were able to see additional writing requirements and supplements. These are in addition … [Read more...]