I know the range is 250-650 words, but I have heard that you should shoot for at least 500 words. Would an essay with only 450 or so words be considered too short? Thanks!
I’m not an expert, but I read that as long as the essay is well written, it doesn’t matter how long it is. (Basically don’t have any “useless” information that won’t give information about the student.) In fact, essays that are too long aren’t super good either.
450 is alright if it’s cohesive. Generally, however, an essay that size would benefit from additional descriptors/adjectives/personality infusions.