<p>My is like 500 words... anyone else in this range?</p>
<p>uh...shouldnt it be 150 words?</p>
<p>with that said, mine is currently 241 words long...</p>
<p>Is anyone writing a brief statement and then elaborating on that in an optional essay?</p>
<p>hm, are you applying to yale? that's the only school i can think of where it's required for you to do that. just curious.</p>
<p>I got in EA--here is what I did...I cut my most meaningful activity answer to 150, then made my optional essay about my most meaningful activity (500 words or so).</p>
<p>hey, same here!
except that I got deferred, and I'm sending the 500-word most meaningful activity. didn't send the last time. probably the reason i got deferred. :)</p>
<p>that's so yale, eh?</p>
<p>yeap it's for yale too! :D</p>