Character Counts: I just can't MEET them

ilovecollege_1
Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:54:23 +0000

anth, I believe puzzling’s essay is UNDER the character limit.

Being 1,000 characters under the limit will DEFINITELY not hurt you. Somewhere on the application it says that the personal statement should not exceed 500 words. My essay was about 550 words and only 3,000 something characters. So 4,000 characters must be a pretty long essay.

I would pay more attention to the word limit (or recommended word count or whatever) than to the character limit, but don’t stress about length as long as you answer the question and are happy with your essay.