<p>when they don’t specify? I feel as if I have a character restriction I’ll stop myself from rambling on and on.</p>
<p>Hahaha I feel the same way.</p>
<p>I plan on using the space provided as a general guide, if that helps. If there’s no space provided…that’s unfortunate. Ask your guidance counselor or someone to give you a made up (appropriate) limit if it’s really that big a factor? Just make sure every word counts. Hopefully somone else on here is more knowledgeable about this. Good luck!</p>
<p>Remember that college admissions committees are viewing hundreds/thousands of applications, and will probably prefer slightly shorter, more insightful essays. Longer, rambling essays will most likely bore them and cause them to lose interest. In this case, less is more:]</p>
<p>I think I’ll keep it around 600- 700 characters. I tried already drafting an essay without constraints and ended with 1100 characters before I even got to what I believed to be the heart of my essay. <em>Sigh</em></p>
<p>I meant words o.o</p>