<p>when the instruction only says "1-2 pages" instead of ***word limits, it doesn't say about the margin, which has a huge difference..</p>
<p>(sorry if this question' been asked alot...but when I search "margin" I can't find any..)</p>
<p>Are you referring to the Common App. essay? Just want to make sure since I thought that Wesleyan did not have a supplemental essay (but what do I know, I am only the mom!)
In any event, I don’t know about the margins. This is the first time I have seen a question about margins. I know for the National Merit essay they said it just had to fit in the space provided and that they wouldn’t read anything beyond that. Sorry I can’t answer your question. Please answer mine about whether there is a Wesleyan supplemental essay. Thanks.</p>
<p>no, wes does not have any supplemental essays. </p>
<p>for the common app essay, which i think you’re talking about, i’d just use standard MLA formatting, which dictates 1 inch margins. assuming you can fit 300 words a page, you should probably write around 500-600 words.</p>
<p>yea. I’m talking about commonapp.</p>
<p>so boilingwax you are talking about 1 inch margins and double space? then it would be 600 words for 2 pages. but I’ve read my seniors’ essays they all write about 900 words(single space and about 1.5 pages) </p>
<p>who is right@@</p>
<p>I would keep the common app essay limited to one page. My teacher said we should avoid having to make readers flip to the next page.</p>
<p>yeah I’ve heard of that too~ so try to keep it to one page(though I hardly can…)</p>
<p>I think my essay was about a page and a half.</p>