Can somebody please revise my short answer for the common app? :)

College Essays
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<p>I really would appreciate it if somebody would help me out! I decided to write about my experiences volunteering at PADS (which I’m not sure what the actual name is, but it’s a community organization to help the homeless). I wrote it in paragraph form and I’m not sure if that’s right? Also, it may be too long/short? please help! thank you :D</p>

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<p>by character do they mean less than 1000 letters and spaces or words? Mine’s probably too long…</p>

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<p>Letters and spaces</p>

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<p>Copy and past it into Word and it will do a character count for you. Look under the “review” tab for “word count” and it will show characters with and without spaces. Keep in mind, more is not always better and whatever you do DO NOT go over the requested amount–especially for your essay.</p>