<p>Word count online is 400-500 words, however I am really struggling to cut down my essay any further and am at 670 words. How lenient do you think admissions counselors are in terms of the essay length? Is 650 to long?? or 600?? Or does it absolutely have to be between 400 and 500.
Please give me your opinion ASAP.</p>
<p>last year admissions told me "it's not a big deal--we won't stop reading your essay, but the more concise you can make it the better your essay will end up being"</p>
<p>Mine was about 450. I thought I told them everything I needed in that much space.</p>
<p>word count is not that big of a deal... </p>
<p>however if your essay is extremely wordy and is around that 650 mark.. then improve it.</p>
<p>Dont say something in 15 words that you could say in 5</p>
<p>mine was around 650. don't stress.</p>
<p>thank you i feel much better now.
And my essay is very concise, I removed everything which I thought was even slightly wordy and I am at about 650.
I just feel that if I cut anymore then it will really detract from my essay.</p>
<p>ya mine is 631</p>
<p>so you are definitely in range</p>
<p>My final note is about 240 words, and it is suppossed to be less than 150 words. Is this too long? How long is yours?</p>
<p>that should be fine
I have not written my final note and I am not sure as to whether or not I am going to??
Has everyone else written a response for that and if so what did you write about?</p>
<p>I just went into depth about some of my main extra curriculars</p>
<p>I laugh whenever I read this question...so here's my opinion...they give you a word limit, and it's pretty generous. Why, oh why would you not follow a direction? I mean, of course a word or two probably isn't a big deal, but why go against what they ask? Because you think you have something so important, or more interesting than anything they have ever read? You don't~they've read it all. My advice is, be concise, talk about your passion, use correct grammar and spelling and get out in the word limit they give you. I just would not give them a reason to get bored...</p>
<p>And, it's also funny to me to see advice from some people who are in the "applying stage" this year! You might be well meaning, but honestly you just don't know it all yet!</p>
<p>Oh, and my d is a freshman this year, applied EA, got in as an ND scholar and her essay was within the requested word limit. And, trust me it was very hard to do!!! Good Luck to all~</p>
<p>Yeah, for my final note, I described what I thought was my most impressive EC.</p>
<p>for the essay they dont really give a limit now on the commonapp at least online. they just say more than 250 words. and keep it concise. in a bates pamphlet i even read that they expect two-three pages. i only have one page.. but still, as long as you dont let it go on forever and boring and keept to about a page it should be fine.</p>
<p>but what is this final note business? is it the last paragraph or have i totally blanked and missed something that i need?</p>
<p>By the way, I think the final note is a great place to mention any other ties you might have to ND...while legacy is great, there really isn't anywhere else to mention even a grandparent that went to ND, or friend of the family, etc. You get the idea...</p>
<p>Ah, yes, I also did that. I have like 6 aunts/uncles that attended, so I thought it couldn't hurt to mention them. Granted it's not legacy, but something like that could tip the scales in my favor.</p>
<p>irishcali--many of the people that you say are not good sources because they are in the application stage have spoken with admission counselors (like myself--although I am one year out of the admission process)</p>