Supplement Essay Question

Multiplicative · 12-28-2009, 12:26 AM

How long can the supplement essay be? I know if it's a typed essay, it has to be under 500 characters. I am going to upload mine, which is currently ~750 characters. Is that all right, or do I need to shorten it down to the 500?

Thanks!

mattsaysfierce · 12-28-2009, 12:44 AM

750 characters is fine. Mine was 750 words. You should be okay. :]

Multiplicative · 12-28-2009, 12:48 AM

Yay, thanks.

psychmom · 12-28-2009, 08:46 AM

My D kept it to the 500 characters, so if anyone decides to go that route, it's okay, too (even though it seems so short).

acsvcr · 12-31-2009, 10:14 PM

My daughter just submitted her app, with the vassar essay below 500 characters. It seemed so short, and with people writing so much more, I am afraid she is at a disadvantage. Lets hope not.

andloveyelledno · 01-01-2010, 04:33 AM

I just submitted my essay for Vassar RD, and it was about 700 WORDS. Why are some of you writing such short responses? If I recall, there is no limit?

ccprofile · 01-01-2010, 05:56 AM

^Although they do not impose a word limit in the prompt itself, they do have a 500 chars limit in the space provided on commonapp.org, which is why many of us(including me) kept the essay short.