<p>Seriously. However you want to answer it.</p>
<p>Personally, I think narrow and deep always beats shallow and wide (read: general). But the question is meant to be open-ended because we want a variety of different answers and different styles of answers. </p>
<p>Length:<br>
250 words is the goal. A little bit more is ok. A lot more is not. My guideline is, “Can you eyeball it and tell?” As in, could someone take a cursory, 2 second glance at your writing and immediately know that its longer than 250 words? </p>
<p>If you’re at 275, the answer is no. 325, maybe. 500, absolutely. </p>
<p>We’re not big on hard and fast rules at Tufts - the essays we give you, and the answer we hope you’ll give us, reflect that.</p>