<p>hi,
The long essay has a limit of 900 words. Is it bad if I use up only 500?</p>
<p>No, its a plus to write a compelling essay using less words. You do not want to bore the adcoms with unnecessary material.</p>
<p>not necessarily..but 500 is pretty short</p>
<p>haha. my essay is about 450 words long. <em>amused</em> I'd rather not pad unnecessarily.</p>
<p>Remember the adage Quality, not quantity.</p>
<p>hmm if they get an essay matching some other schools essay reqs, they might not think that they are as important, and would be less likely to pick you. even so, i wouldnt worry about it.</p>
<p>Don't worry about length. My essay last year was around 2500 characters out of a max of 5,000 and I got in. Did they change the character limit to a word limit this year? That makes more sense. I had to change a name from Michael to "Lu" on one of my essays to make it fit.</p>