<p>I wrote my interests in the Columbia application and noticed that there's quite a bit of empty space when I preview my application, are these supposed to be full-blown essays or just 3-4 sentence paragraphs?</p>
<p>^ the latter. They give you hardly any room.</p>
<p>i noticed the same thing about wasted space but couldn't figure out how to use it</p>
<p>Don't they limit it to 600 characters?</p>
<p>Yes, 600 characters for WhyColumbia and WhyEngineering. For both, I was at exactly 599 lol. But I figure the admissions officers will breate a sigh of relief at my 400-word essay, considering some of the other lengths I've been seeing here...</p>
<p>Columbia's limits are the worst.</p>