<p>Is 2 pages too long for an essay??</p>
<p>It's going to be about 1000 words...too long?</p>
<p>it's so hard to determine how much exactly to write. i'm having this problem too. at first i wrote 1800 words. then i realised everybody says that it should be around 500. so i rewrote. but when i serve the net for sample college essays (like those who got accepted using those essays) i word counted the essays, some r 500+, some are around 1000, there was even a 1800! blah.</p>
<p>opps. spelling mistake. "surf the net"... just woke up lol.</p>
<p>Yes, two pages is too long. Think about it this way: You're an admissions counselor. You've read 60 applications today, and you have a pile of 200 more applications to get through. You open up a folder and see a 2 page, 1000 word essay. How warm & fuzzy will that make you feel towards the applicant? Now assume you see a short, concise, well-written 1 page essay. How will that make you feel?</p>
<p>Remember your audience, and edit, edit, edit! It is much harder to write a short essay than a long one; colleges also want to know that you can do it.</p>
<p>It's honestly hard to tell. Some colleges really use the essay as a guage of the student's character. They want to know as much as possible so they can make decisions. At other, more popular/large schools, a smaller essay is usually preferred.</p>
<p>hmmmmmmm</p>
<p>but okay....</p>
<p>like this one essay i'm writing is sort of in a "diary like" format, and there's like 4 entries, which means there's a lot of empty space for every paragraph.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter so much the format of the thing (double-spaced, a typical 500 page essay is 2 pages long anyway). If the word count is more than 750+ words or longer, cut it down if possible.</p>