<p>E.g. favorite authors, books, music, etc.</p>
<p>If so, then what's the point of the 250 or whatever character limit?</p>
<p>Yes. Character limit is that you should have less than 250 characters(a,A,!,.,[space]) in your response.</p>
<p>Haha I made sure to keep it two lines or less, but I know that others on here have chosen not to. In my opinion, if they give you directions, it’s best not to blatantly ignore them :P</p>
<p>When they say “two lines or less,” they are referring to the actual paper application that they will receive. This can be viewed on the Print Preview version of your application. So not “two lines or less” in the text box on the online application, but the paper. But I’m assuming that anything 250 words or under is typically two lines or so.</p>
<p>Huh? It took several lines to make 250 words for my daughter’s short essays. The average was about 22-30 words for her “two lines or less” profile questions. Some were under two lines and a couple were actually three lines or maybe 2½ lines. </p>
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<p>mattmorenz wrote:</p>
<p>But I’m assuming that anything 250 words or under is typically two lines or so.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sorry. I meant 300 characters. :)</p>
<p>I just stuck with the character limit and ignored the lines.</p>
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<p>Me too. I didn’t see it as blatantly disregarding instructions. I just figured I’d make the most of what was given to us? Some of it was so painful to figure out how to cut down and fit - most of mine had 0-10 characters remaining at the end.</p>
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<p>Haha, sorry, couldn’t help it :P</p>
<p>Honestly, in the end who really cares? If they really wanted to enforce it they could have. We’ll be fine in that regard, at least…</p>
<p>:) No problem.</p>
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<p>Mattmorenz wrote:</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sorry. I meant 300 characters. :)</p>
<p>And, seriously, do they sit there and count each character?? 
I think not. Sure, if someone typed several lines or what looks to be like characters-in-excess, that might not go over so well.</p>