<p>i wrote an essay for english class that was supposed to be used for my college essay… i did not know about the length requirement for the common application until afterwards. i recieved a good grade on my paper and i really like it. i feel like it is a great representation of myself and funny too. definately not painful to read. i cannot condense this paper or else the entire essence of the story will be lost…</p>
<p>so should i write an entirely new paper? </p>
<p>i appreciate your responses, im really unsure and dissapointed about this.</p>
<p>There is no limit, and I would suggest you get used to writing that much. At my university, the ENC 1101 class writes 5 page papers once every other week. That is about 1200 to 1500 words … that adds up to about 5 of those a semester. Then you have ENC 1102 which does about the same thing. </p>
<p>Also, as long as it is not too wordy, it should be fine. Cut down on over exposition, “such as” or “in the same way as” can be considered wordy things.</p>