Does it look bad if you write less than the word limit on Common App supplements

cangel
Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:05:53 +0000

My fingers were all primed to say “no” because many very long, very wordy, very bad essays get posted here, and it is refreshing to hear of a short one - my DD’s essay was well within the limit. But, less than half is very short - I agree with Zante, she may need to start over, listing why she wants to study X, maybe a spirited undecided essay?