Cornell Short Essays: How long was yours?

<p>Both of mine are like ~280. Is that ok? How long was yours?</p>

<p>240-250, but I got deferred :/</p>

<p>same here, i think mine were were both between 240 and 250, in fact i think i had one of mine at 250 exactly, i made sure i didn't go a word over, you should look yours over again, and i found that by reading and rereading there were a lot of unnecessary phrases or words that if taken out would not diminish the essay, reread your essay a bunch of times and you will find stuff that can be taken out, i got accepted btw</p>

<p>i agree with p^2
say something true and interesting about yourself in as concise a manner as possible.
good luck!</p>

<p>all of my essays were barely under the limit and I got accepted. I have also heard of others who went over the limit and also got accepted. One person on this board got accepted with 334 word, which is way over the limit so I guess they dont mind</p>

<p>Mine were all about 10-20 words over, and I got accepted. I don't think it really matters how much you write as long as you don't write wayy too much or too little; they just set the guidelines so they won't have to read so much when evaluating applicants.</p>

<p>Yeah, same bout all you folks, hovering a lil over the 250 mark.</p>

<p>you know if they didn't have a limit, people would be writing 2 or 3 pages....and they wouldn't have decisions out until July!</p>

<p>I was accepted, and I just made sure my short answer essays were no longer than 1 page, and that my long answer essay was no longer than 2 pages. I do not think they will count the words, but you should reread your essays a ton of times to take out all of the unnecessary stuff.</p>

<p>for my supplemental essay, I just wrote one, longer combined essay of about 700 words and was accepted. I think they're pretty flexible. It's definitely more about content that how many words it is...</p>

<p>mine were around 350 each, and my common essay was around 600 words.
was accepted.</p>

<p>mine were 240~50, 230~40 each, and my common essay was around 850 words.</p>

<p>I've got accepted</p>

<p>mine were 249, 254 each, and my common essay was 249 words.
I've got accepted too.</p>

<p>Mine were both in the 270's and I got accepted, 280 is fine.</p>

<p>Just dont put in extraneous stuff, and they won't really care</p>