Length of Common App personal statement?

es_four
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:14:52 +0000

Is there an average or appropriate length for the common app personal statement? The website specifies that it should exceed 250 words, but doesn’t provide an upper bound.

I’m interested in applying to Penn, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, Amherst, Chicago, and a few others (if that makes a difference.)

Thanks for the help.