<p>Yale needs to be clearer with the word limit on the Common App Essay. For all I knew, it just needed to be more than 250 words.</p>
<p>It’s not even on the Application Instruction pages, and they were pretty vague in the FAQ section, too. They said on the FAQ: “We ask that you respect the word limits we suggest.” Where was a word limit suggested other than the supplement essay? I feel like I missed out on some kind of uber-important instruction. </p>
<p>So seeing pFNMCp’s post was kind of a shocker to me. Why couldn’t they clarify that earlier? :/</p>
<p>Oh well, I just hope that my common app essay (650 words) is riveting enough for them to skip over the fact that I am 150 words over their sort-of-declared-word-limit or whatever. But seriously, they need to put the Admission officer’s comment on the FAQ section.</p>