Common App essay legnth???

bettina
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:43:28 +0000

It’s not a matter of being uptight, it’s a matter of following instructions. I think if you are over by that many words, you just are not giving them the type of piece of writing that they are asking for. I don’t read these for a living, but I could see how aggravating it would be to read piece after piece where the basic instructions were ignored. If it’s 250-500 then 500 is clearly the absolute maximum. HS essays just are very repetitive and not too interesting to read.