<p>I do not really understand the term "no longer than 120 eighty-character lines of text (including spaces and blank lines)."</p>
<p>With 7 character per word, and 1 character as "space", 120 x 80/8 = 1200. So, does this mean 1200 word per essay or something?</p>
<p>That sounds right. Use another program to type your essay and paste in the the field provided. It cuts off when the limit is met.</p>
<p>Isn’t that a bit huge for college essay? Most essays I wrote till now were about 500ish words. Or is that just the maximum limit? Do you know what the recommended size should be?</p>
<p>Isn’t that the limit? You can write less.</p>
<p>Good point 
thank you!</p>
<p>One last thing, do you by any chance know the recommended size?</p>
<p>From everything I’ve read, around 500 words is the best size. They don’t want a giant paper, but they probably just include extra room for those who want it. But in their admissions, I’ve read they want it about 500 words, or a single page single spaced.</p>