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10-29-2009, 12:49 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, ON
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| Essay Length: 1-2 pages or 250-500 words?
The requirement says 250-500 words (or 1-2 pages). Which one are you supposed to follow? Because my essay is about 1 1/2 pages (12 px font, Times New Roman), but it's about 1100 words...
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10-29-2009, 04:00 AM
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#2 | | Junior Member
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Shorten it. It has to be 250-500 words. The 1-2 page limit is probably double-spaced. Remember college adcoms only have like, a minute with the essay. I have a feeling an essay that exceeds the limit by more than 200% would annoy adcoms immensely.
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10-29-2009, 11:00 AM
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#3 | | Junior Member
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It says approximately 500. And mine is about 530.
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10-29-2009, 04:22 PM
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#4 | | Member
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mines 588 .
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11-01-2009, 01:50 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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Yeah, this was confusing. I specifically asked the admissions officer on this one. The real limit you should follow is approximately 500 words. The reason they say 1-2 pages is because approximately 500 words can be 1 page and then barely go into the second page, so more like 1.1 pages. 1.5 pages (1000 words) is way too much. Shorten it.
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11-01-2009, 03:16 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
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Well, I've shortened it to 850. I can't see anywhere else to shorten it, so I'm going to have to live with it....
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11-01-2009, 04:46 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
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And when I first wrote it, I went by the 2 pages limit. I just thought that the OR meant 500 words or 2 pages; I didn't realize it was 2 pages DOUBLE SPACED. My first draft of my essay was about 1500 words. I cut it down almost by half, and if I reduced it any further, it would greatly take away from the message. I couldn't contain it within 500 words even if I tried my best.
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11-01-2009, 05:28 PM
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#8 | | Member
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did all of you submit your essays double spaced?
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11-01-2009, 05:31 PM
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#9 | | New Member
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shat, mine's single spaced. i hope this doesn't matter?
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11-01-2009, 08:27 PM
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#10 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: hanover, NH
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i sent mine single spaced. adcom isnt going to edit my essay, so i didnt double space it.
my essay was 797 words.
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11-02-2009, 12:16 AM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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I did 1.5 space, which is the regular line spacing for Word.
I don't think they even have a word count - the essay is sent in as a PDF file. But I'm sure that after reviewing thousands of essays, they'll know when one is too long...
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11-02-2009, 12:49 AM
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#12 | | Member
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double or 1.5 space is easier on the eyes =P
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11-02-2009, 12:57 AM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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haha yeah, I was trying so hard to cut out a sentence so I could make it fit on 2 pages, 1.5 space!
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Yesterday, 02:21 PM
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#14 | | Member
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Yeah, I've got the same problem. My essay is 790 word exactly. It's going to be tough to reduce it and keep the substance.
Has anyone on here been accepted with a longer essay like this?
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Yesterday, 03:10 PM
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#15 | | New Member
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mine is 663 words.. but it only comes to about 1.75 pages after i double space it
is that fine?
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