Essays!?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Hi,
I am conducting a poll that deals with essay word counts. If you have already written your essays, please tell me how many words were in each essay. You will be compensated for your time in this study. Just kidding.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance,
airbear87123</p>

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<p>100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</p>

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<p>1-10 words less than the recommended limit in each of my essays.</p>

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<p>For UT's essays, there isn't a recommended word limit, right?</p>

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<p>That's real cute, Excel.</p>

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<p><a href="http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/admission/essays/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/admission/essays/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>look at the bottom of the page
says they should be no longer than one single spaced page</p>

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<p>Yeah, I saw that there is a one page limit, but nothing about word limit.</p>

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<p>they dont care how long it is really as long as it is a good essay</p>

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<p>A UT admissions counselor came to my school last week and he told us that it doesn't really matter how long your essay is as long as it is all meaningful. He said that if you need to go over a page that's alright, and if you need two pages that's OK too, but that 3 or 4 or 5 pages is getting excessive. Another thing he told us is that they are using your essay more to judge the quality of your writing than to determine your "value as a person/student/whatever" like they do at super-selective schools. So basically, if you are freaking out about trying to convey who you are and prove yourself as a worthy human being to a Harvard adcom, the UT guys are going to be a lot more forgiving in every aspect. I don't think that there is a word limit.</p>

<p>(I'm in-state and top 10% though, so the rules might be slightly different since I'm already in.)</p>

<p>Good luck with your essays, I think anything less than 2 pages will be fine.</p>

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<p>sweet, good to hear. the content of my essays wasn't the greatest. i.e. i have experienced no large challenges.</p>

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<p>I'm a freshman at UT this year....from out of state, a little (muuch more) harder to get in than if you are from Texas.
I applied last year, obviously.
And I kept my essay to no more than 2 pages.
Just try to keep it reasonable.... make it meaningful, definitely a plus.
I'm not sure what the question is this year... or maybe it is the same one every year... but just be creative and meaningful in what you do.- as much as you can!
If anyone has any questions about the process or UT... feel free to ask!</p>