FAP covers 15 schools, but I can pay to apply to more schools and have the secondary fee waived. This cycle is essentially make it or break it for me. I wasn't sure I was going to qualify for FAP so I'd been putting aside some money. I've spent that on applications, but to like 4x more schools than I would have been able to afford otherwise. I figure I might as well play the lottery.
I've already submitted so many secondaries that there really aren't any 'new' essays. I have research essays, diversity essays, what I want to do in 10 years essays, greatest obstacle essays, group essays, etc etc etc.
I've read them so many times that it's probably counter-productive to read them again haha. I've found a few weird syntactical mistakes that I've changed here and there, but honestly they didn't change the content much. I realize that the essays probably aren't spotless Hemingway-esque prose, but it's good enough for government work. I write a bit like an academic anyway, so it's not flowy, but it shows intention. My personality will come across when I interview. Till then, I just cross my fingers.
Though if that's an invitation to read the Miami secondary I just gunned, I'll take you up on it!