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Old 10-17-2009, 08:31 PM   #1
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Three Words Essay Question

If the question states RequiredEssay #1: In an essay of no more than 500 words, please select three words that describe you best and tell us how you will use these qualities/characteristics to contribute fully to the BU community. But the limit to write on is 4000 characters can i have more than 500 words?
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Old 10-17-2009, 09:23 PM   #2
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you can but don't go too much over
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Old 10-17-2009, 10:04 PM   #3
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The character and word limit are usually consistent. There's a reason why they have the limits for essays and it's just because there's so many applications to read. Can you imagine if every person went over the limit? It would just take too long. If you do happen to go over though, try to keep it to a bare minimum. 10 to 15 words PERHAPS?
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