+1000 words, too many?

College Essays
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<p>Since there isn't a maximal word limit for common app essay, what is the average? is +1000 too many?</p>

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<p>Yes, 1000+ is too many.</p>

<p>Aim for 500-700.</p>

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<p>mine was 764. 750 is a good number to aim for imo</p>

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<p>There has been a lot of discussion about the length of essays.</p>

<p>Here is a recent one
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/933894-how-long-too-long.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/933894-how-long-too-long.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can search for more discussions. In general, the shorter the better. Aim for 500 and you probably will be over a little.</p>

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<p>1000 means you could easily cut 2-300 words and have the essay come out looking better.</p>

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<p>I think it really depends on how important every paragraph is. There are a bunch of samples that are very long but not wordy.</p>

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<p>It’s not that they’re wordy, its that longer essays tend to try to cover too many ideas and end up losing focus. </p>

<p>Cutting it down forces you to really think about what you are trying to say, and which parts of your essay are getting this message across most effectively.</p>