<p>My common app short answer question is about 210 words long... it used to be 350+ so I've already made it much shorter. It says all I want to say. Is it ok to use this for the Yale short answer question? On the website they seem to want it to be no more than 150 words. Is 210 words ok? Also, is there some way to send the application fee online?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure 210 words is fine. Once you submit the application and supplement to Yale, go to the 'Checklist' tab on the top. If you scroll down there will be something about payment, with a "yes" beneath the online payment column. If you click on that, it should bring you where you need to go.</p>
<p>actually marlgirl, what my area rep told me is that those short answers are useless. 210 is absolutely fine though. But what I'm saying is that theyre completely trivial; in fact, my area rep told me NOT to do it. He said to put in the blank spot "mr. murphy told me not to complete this section." So don't linger too much on that section, because (although it could differ from admissions person to admissions person) it seems that they don't care about it.</p>
<p>you might want to make a printout before you send it just to make sure that the extra type doesn't just get cut off when it's e-mailed. It automatically does that after a certain length, but you may not see it on the screen.</p>
<p>They don't care? What if I answer the question well? No one cares? That's kinda depressing seeing as I really like my short answer/common app answers, and have yet to tackle the supp. essay question...</p>
<p>well i mean is that its not a big deal. I'm sure if the short answer is really good they might take note or something, but its not nearly as big a deal as the essays. And at least my Area Rep felt that it wasn't too important, so if you didn't do it, no big deal. It couldn't hurt though. But I guess there would be no need to get like stressed out about it, because what they really care about are essays</p>
<p>But it is true that he told me (and there mustev been another 10 or 11 students there) to put "Mr. Murphy told me not to do this."</p>