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<p>@rena-itsme</p>
<p>I am trouble with the length of my personal essay. How long was yours? and what's the maximum length of essay you have heard of?</p>
<p>Guys, how was your SAT??Mine was abysmal...especially the CR!!</p>
<p>Normally a personal essay is expected to be about 1000 words..My essay was very long-I had trouble editing my essay because I loved every part of it.I decided to take the risk and sent the 4 page long essay to all the colleges.don't take that much risk, but i guess 2 pages should be the standard length.</p>
<p>I think my essay was the longest!</p>
<p>1000!!
mine is abt 700 word or even less.. i just didnt want 2 spoil the flow..</p>
<p>another suppliment had asked abt 250 but i didnt think 250 words would reflect my personal character.. so written abt 450 words..</p>
<p>My essay is like around 400 words.. Do I have to increase the length?</p>
<p>my essay is of 450 words; and its better (according to most of the seniors and counsellors) to keep the essay between 400-600 words, but its not the strict rule as rina_itsme had more than 1000 words
the thing it matters is the content and expressiveness; not the length</p>
<p>yea true!!</p>
<p>do i need 2 abridge the 450 word essay?.. it says 2 write abt 250 words!</p>
<p>Did Anyone take SAT subject tests on Math level 1 today( Nov1, 2008) . They were really quite heard, like I had never seen them on any practice books. I missed 10 questions!!! so what is the chance that I get accepted at Ivy league? Other subjects went fine.</p>
<p>no need to abridge; 450 is fine
just be sure that u don't have the common topic in your essay; select unique topic
make sure that u don't have the contents like that of a hindi movie "maile yesto gare and i realised , maile tyo bela ma mero dai le bhaneko words samjiya, yesto bhayo....."
write the truth; straight to the point, don't put unnecessary dialogues of your friend of ...
and no need to polish the essay for long time too (my personal opinion) because once harvard admission director had told "Essays written in 45 mins seem to be better than the ones written in 3 months"</p>
<p>actually i want 2 risk the essay of my commonapp.. its on the topic --- My mother, my inspiration-- abt 700 wordings</p>
<p>and the 450 words was 'Why XXX College'..!!</p>
<p>and another one is in the verse of completition. (550+ words) </p>
<p>the completed essays r straight forward, to the point and.. i simply love them..</p>
<p>and third one is kasto kasto..!!.. need a lot of editing.. ufff!!!!!</p>
<p>Hey cud anybody tell me is it necessary to mail school forms online through common app though we had already mail MR,SR,FR on printed version by paper means.
@rena-itsme...................wud u mind saying what was the topic on ur personal essay and how did u edit ur essays........was there anybody to help u on this.</p>
<p>guys i had a long essay of ,,,,,,,,but i felt so unsatisfied on condensing its theme and subject matter to 640 words as of today.
and other short questions contain about 150 words .</p>
<p>Mines about 900+........no time..............aarrrrrgghhhh!!!!.............anyone care to read it.............rena-itsme?......since you got into harvard.....hehe</p>
<p>@rena-its me,
What was your essay about??Just curious!!!</p>
<p>And guys mine essay is about 800 words(atti kaat-chaat garepani!!)..I think that is acceptable!!!(????????)</p>
<p>And i don't know whom to give my essay to edit...I think they are too personal......Poor me!!Any suggestions??</p>
<p>@..Still looking for safeties....Can you guys name some???</p>
<p>yea.. a good safety list would do wonders!!</p>
<p>mine personal essay is about 1400 words.I got to do risk on this.I have just talked to stds who were enrolled in Harvard,Grg twn,Amherst,MIT and they say its ok if its the best one.So, i am going to send this essay to colleges and regarding 150 words description in Extra Curricular Activities,it has no meaning,I just cud not express and write about myself in those 150 words.So, its very very poor.</p>
<p>MY essay is about 430 words! Does the length really matter?? Do i need to add more??</p>
<p>how long does it take for the packet to reach the college if its by post..simple post? Can i send it on 5th november if the deadline is 15th November?</p>
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<p>@ctrl
the 1400 words is 10 times the given words..
i think itd really too much.. we have 2 think twice if we want to use 1400 in a 500 word essay.. but in a 150 words.!! simply too much</p>