average long essay length

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<p>I know that the character limit for the long essay is 4900.
Right now my essay is at 4700 characters, which is 800 words, which I feel is really long (common app essay is just 500 words!)</p>

<p>How many characters did your long essay have? (I would appreciate responses especially from those who turned in their app SCEA nov 1)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>I had only 3,735 characters, and 658 words. As long as your essay fits legibly in one page it's good.</p>

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<p>Mine was very long. It fit on a page and a half with size 12 font and double spacing. I became worried about a day after sending it when I found out it was too long. I called Stanford and they said that as long as it fits on a page with size 10 font, I would be fine.</p>

<p>If it can be made more concise then cut it shorter. If it loses quality as it loses words, leave it.</p>

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<p>Double-spaced? Do you guys send in your essays or do you put it into that box on the online app?</p>

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<p>mine was a little more than a page single spaced font 12</p>

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Double-spaced? Do you guys send in your essays or do you put it into that box on the online app?

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<p>You can do it either way. I filled in the box. My essay was around 4700 characters. The longer, the better, right? ::confused::</p>

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<p>4750 for me , about 800+ words</p>

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<p>I did SCEA in November and mine was 4302 characters, 772 words. Longer is definitely not necessarily better, because after sifting through thousands of wordy, pedantic novellas, a nice, clean, concise 500 word essay is really going to stand out to the readers. If you feel it's too long, then it's too long. Find a way to cut until it reads exactly the way you want it to be read.</p>

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<p>Mine is my common app essay...it's not really that long. 500 words, but I'm told it's terrific. I should lengthen it, maybe. What do you think?</p>

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<p>Mine was something like 3600 chars, which is relatively short, I think.. but I didn't think about it too much, because there was no way I could possibly lengthen it. Quality over quantity, though, right? (:</p>