How many words are required for NMF essay?

Paying for College Financial Aid (Need-Based, Merit Aid, Loans)
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<p>How many words are required for NMF essay? It doesn’t say on website, or I missed it.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>More than 600- I considered posting my common application essay, and it fit.</p>

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<p>That’s a good idea :)</p>

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<p>Is there a specific essay prompt? My son hasn’t received his information yet and would love to know if he has to write another essay.</p>

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<p>^ Same here. My D’s counselor took a week off for moving. She could not catch her for the notification before her vacation started on 9/12.</p>

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<p>Your daughter’s counselor took vacation starting September 12th??!!!? Seriously? wow.</p>

<p>On the official [thread=1365011]FAQ for PSAT…[/thread], @Descartesz posted last year’s prompt, and no one refuted that it is different this year.</p>

<p>[post=16364369]@Descartesz’s post about last year’s prompt[/post]</p>

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<p>Yes, the prompt for the essay is the same…</p>

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<p>2014 Student Essay:
“To help the reviewers get to know you, describe an experience you have had, a person who has influenced you, or an obstacle you have overcome. Explain why this is meaningful to you. Use your own words and limit your response to the space provided.”</p>

<p>I have another question, Is this application like a paperwork? that means if we hand in everything on time and no bad words in essay, we’ll be finalists?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>cool5s…no, you are not automatically a finalist if everything is turned in on time. You have to have a qualifying SAT score, a good recommendation from your school, good grades…3.5 GPA and no more than 1 or 2 Cs. However, most people move from NMSF to NMF.</p>

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<p>Thanks, Soonermom95 :slight_smile:
I’m all set for GPA and SAT, and my counselor likes me, but thanks for mention it.</p>

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<p>Write a good essay, too. I doubt you have to be brilliant, but if your grammar and punctuation have problems, or if your point is hard to follow, that could be bad. If you know you’re a strong writer, then I suspect you’re OK. If not, ask your favorite English teacher to suggest corrections.</p>

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<p>Great. I guess my D can simply modify some of the essays from college applications for that. I guess the word limit is 750 based on the other thread.</p>

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<p>My D finally got a folder from her counselor yesterday. She is going to merge two college application essays together for this one.</p>

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<p>Isn’t it a character count limit, not a word count?</p>

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<p>^ According to the other thread linked above, there is also a character limit with a very strange number.</p>