<p>whats the cap on the Stanford essay usually I’ve got a great GREAT one thats 900 words 
(hope its not too much seriously!) </p>
<p>like what was the cap last year/</p>
<p>There is no “cap”, but it has to fit in the space they provide (1 page) in a reasonable size font (at least 10), and 900 words is way too long.</p>
<p>but 900 words is only a page and a half! (typed single space 12 size font)</p>
<p>edit : it fits in 1 page w/ title in size 10 font</p>
<p>900 words is WAY too long. Cut it down to at least 700 words, for the sake of the quality of the essay. I found that in editing down my essays they got MUCH better. It’s really hard, but the effort pays off.</p>
<p>okay cool… so for the essays where they ask for 250-500 words (like common app , MIT etc…) you should keep it under 600 right?</p>
<p>For the first 3 short essays, mine were about 250 words and were just under the character limit.</p>
<p>My long essay was about 900 words and fit perfectly.</p>
<p>and i got accepted. so don’t worry about it being to long as long as its not redundant or boring.</p>