<p>I think they are supposed to be short-- I seem to remember my daughter’s supplemental essays being around 150 words. I’ll see if I can dig them up and do a word count.</p>
<p>OK – found one – the word count on “character from fiction” was 134.</p>
<p>“Why Barnard” was 182 words. </p>
<p>“Daily Routine” was 168 words.</p>
<p>I remember we had some discussion about the “hour with a government official” one because I thought my d. should flesh out her points in greater detail, and she told me that it was already running too long at 206 words, which she said was “pushing the limit”. So I think she really had the idea that they should each be kept relatively short.</p>