Barnard supplements: do uploaded essays have to be 1000 characters?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>I’m a prospective transfer student and I’m writing my essays (at the last minute, I know!) and I’m having an increasingly hard time keeping it under the 1000 character limit. </p>

<p>However, they don’t really say that the uploaded document must be 1000 characters or less. </p>

<p>I want to play it safe but I’m having a hard time keeping it under 500 words much less 1000 characters. I don’t want to be seen as someone that cannot take direction but there are none! I know that a few characters above 1000 won’t hurt but I seriously have to write more and I don’t want to be reprimanded for it.</p>

<p>Please help?</p>

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<p>If I were you, I would address that question to the admissions office. That said, I can tell you that my daughter exceeded the guidelines in her essays for RD last year and did not suffer from it. It could depend on the reviewer, I suppose.</p>