<p>"Please tell us what you find most appealing about Columbia and why."</p>
<p>"Limiting yourself to the space provided, briefly describe which single activity/interest listed above represents your most meaningful commitment and why."</p>
<p>Any rough limit?</p>
<p>Are you doing the application online? If you are, those questions limit you to a (ridiculous) 600 and 300 characters, respectively, including spaces. If you're doing a paper app, I'd say give yourself more space than the online version does--I really found it difficult to whittle my thoughts down to those tiny spaces--but not too much more. I'd say 12-14 sentences for "Why Columbia" and 6-8 for the extracurricular.</p>
<p>Damn. That's like 50 and 100 words.</p>