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is 890 way too long?:(

christinesunchristinesun Registered User Posts: 37 Junior Member
edited December 2006 in Amherst College
hi guys! as the title goes, are 890 words way too long for the supplemental essay? i know it's more difficult to write a short one and i should really trim down my essay a bit, but would my essay be really irritating if it's that long? thanks!
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  • NBZNBZ Registered User Posts: 402 Member
    i just finished mine and found it's 700! So I'm also worried that my essay's too long.

    Can someone help us?
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  • ohh miss zannaohh miss zanna Registered User Posts: 2,866 Senior Member
    I'm sure that if the essay is excellent and that every single word contributes to the essay as a whole, than it should be fine.
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  • GraceGrace Registered User Posts: 576 Member
    I know you're getting close to the deadline, but try to let it rest for a day and then go back to it. Then try to cut.

    Good luck.
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  • CatfishCatfish Registered User Posts: 725 Member
    I think going a bit over 500 would be okay, but 890 is very likely to be too much. That's almost twice the upper limit. Remember that the adcoms have a ton of these to read. Let it rest for a day, see if you can get a person or two to read it and make suggestions on things to condense or cut. Good luck.
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  • christinesunchristinesun Registered User Posts: 37 Junior Member
    thanks everybody! now it's 750 words and hopefully by the time i go to sleep tonight it will be 600ish..
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  • GraceGrace Registered User Posts: 576 Member
    Good job! I'm sure it wasn't easy, but I bet you like it better in its slimmer version.
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