are the stanford essays 1 blob on the common app? b/c it takes chacr.for paragraphs

<p>yeah, when I put my stanford essay in the common app with the box for 1800 characters it ends up being 1 big paragraph. and if i do paragraphs it takes up characters....so yeah. what do i do? thanks.</p>

<p>you have to shorten your essay. That’s all there is to it.</p>