I know it's a little late to be asking this, but hopefully some of you out there have some good advice to share.

Do you know whether or not Stanford's AdCom will be looking at any of last year's essays? They ask that you resubmit everything...

I applied in R2 last year and was waitlisted, so I'm assuming they must have liked something from last year. I had quite an interesting/creative way to open up Essay A and was hoping to use most of the lead-in but perhaps update some of the stories. Alternatively, if I start from scratch, and change the theme (last year: making a difference; this year thinking about using: personal relationships), would that be looked upon negatively? (i.e. how can what's most important to you change in less than a year?)

Also, if I'm changing my long term goals this year (from wanting to be an entrepreneur to staying in consulting), should I address this difference explicitly, or just ensure that my story this year makes sense?

In general, I guess I'd like to know how much of my history (last year's application) is used or looked at when looking at this year's.

Thanks in advance!