Yale says smaller...

rebeccar
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:47:44 +0000

Personally, if I was applying to Yale and it said 500, I would definitely try and limit it to 500-600. You know your essay better than anyone else, though… if you think you would sacrifice a lot by cutting out 200 words or so, don’t do it. You won’t be the only one.