<p>How long are yours? Because they don’t really specify on the application.</p>
<p>I wrote one for hotel administation(primary) and one for CALS(Alternate). Both were just under 500 words.</p>
<p>Mine was exactly 570 words. I think they do specify that they want them at or below 500 words, but clearly it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Alright thanks. I’m really not looking forward to writing these.</p>
<p>It may not be fun, but this is your chance to shine. I want to major in either restaurant management at SHA or food science at CALS. I used my essays to make sure that they will see my passion for both hospitality and food. I don’t have the best SAT, so i hope that my essay will make up for mediocre test scores.</p>
<p>Hehe, I feel almost embarrassed to talk about my essay, and it’s not due to the quality of the essay but rather the length. I was rather naive when I submitted my first application. I had read on common app that a minimum of 250 words were required. I had taken that to mean that there is no limitation on how long the essays could be…</p>
<p>If you haven’t guessed it by now, my problem arose from the fact that I had submitted an incredibly lengthy essay - 2500 words in total. </p>
<p>So the moral of the story is - don’t write an incredibly wordy essay as I have done. It will almost definitely destroy your chances of admission. Keep it to at most 700 or 800 words. </p>
<p>Interestingly enough however, I was accepted into the college that I had submitted this monster to.(Cornell)</p>