The Official Answer for the CommonApp Essay Words Limit from Yale University.

[slimsquall]

<p>Hey guys, I sent an inquiry e-mail to Yale a few days ago,
and the following is what I’ve got.</p>

<br>

<p>Hello;</p>

<p>I would like to ask a question regarding Yale’s policy for personal
statement.</p>

<p>First, I do acknowledge that the supplement essay to Yale should be
around 500 words, and have read the FAQ which read :
" But if your essays are much longer than 500 words,
understand that you will not help yourself by seeming to have ignored our request."</p>

<p>I am, however, not really sure about the common application essay,
since the Commona application does not indicate specific maximum
words or limits.
(I have heard that they have recently removed the words limits.)</p>

<p>Should I also limit my CommonApp Essay to around 500 words?</p>

<p>I would look forward to your reply.
Thank you.</p>

<br>

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Please keep your personal statement essay to around 500 words.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
esteban
yale 2009</p>

[eating_food]

<p>hahhaa i love concise repsonses.</p>

[Pro28]

<p>reminds me of this…</p>

<p>[PHD</a> Comics: Average time spent writing one e-mail](<a href=“PHD Comics: So productive”>PHD Comics: Average time spent writing one e-mail)</p>

[Infinite_Truth]

<p>This is not official. It’s from a Yale student who applied back when the common application had a limit of 500 words. It’s just some kid who likely just typed an answer that he remembers from back in his days, not a real answer from the admissions office on a technical issue. </p>

<p>Ask an actual admissions officer, not through their student question email.</p>

<p>I’m sending mine in over 500 words.</p>

[sunshineyday]

<p>HAHAHA! That comic is so true. I’ve had that experience many times where I’ve spent a half an hour on the wording of an email to a teacher and he responds w/ a one word answer.</p>

[laststopforme]

<p>I LOVE THAT COMIC - and keep it to 500 words, definitely no more than 1000 but lower than 800. That’s what I’ve heard at least</p>

[Peytoncline]

<p>for the common app personal essay, it says approx. 500… so that’s (in my opinion) 500-700 words… no more than 700, but no less than 500 (mine’s 600, which is a healthy number for the common app essay)</p>

<p>for yales supplemental essay, they say fewer than 500… so no more than 500 but no less than 425, i’d say… mine is 499, so i definitely took the limit literally just below 500 works</p>